Re: Coast Starlight Detour on Feb 4th
Author: smitty195
Date: 02-05-2012 - 23:59
BOB R Wrote:
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> This Parlor Car lower level was a theatre and we
> were allowed to use it before the scheduled movie
> showing (for kids it was SMURF at 1500). Several
> passengers sat in for some of our conversations.
> We didn't, and wouldn't, encroach on fellows
> trainriders and we all paid going rate for our
> tickets. I looked through the cars and there were
> several other spots that we could have used.
>
> In the past I encouraged Amtrak to convert some
> areas on their equipment to support meetings such
> as ours, as I think they would be able to sell
> that service to a lot of businesses that would
> like to do a little something different. They
> never responded to my proposals.
Wasn't that idea floated to Phelps at one of the annual TRAC meetings once? I think it was the San Diego one a few years back.