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Amtrak's food fight
Congress is trying to decide whether your next meal on Amtrak will look like fine dining or fast food.
By Bob Johnston
Silver Bullet by rail
From hops to finished beer, Coors takes the train.
By Mike Danneman
Rolling restaurants
As with any business, dinner trains demand a lot of work and a certain amount of savvy to succeed.
By David Lustig
Getting enough iron in your diet?
Some eateries are intertwined with railroading. Here are three of our favorites.
By Karl Zimmermann and Casey Thomason
Meals by Fred Harvey
Get to know the man, the food, the Girls, the Santa Fe trains, and the legacy.
By John Kelly
The best on wheels
For nearly a century, the reputation of many U.S. railroads rode on their dining cars.
By Michael E. Zega
Cooking on the coal scoop
Where there are hungry railroaders and a live steam engine, there shall be hot food. Even today.
By Karl Zimmermann
Map of the Month: Dinner hour on the Pennsy
See where the Pennsylvania Railroad's dining cars were on a Sunday evening in 1938, as if frozen in time.
By Bill Metzger
News
Railroad News & Photos
CSX restores Gulf Coast service; Amtrak mulls new trains.
Don Phillips
Alas, poor railroad food, we knew ye well.
Tom Murray
When I think of great railroad food, I think of...
Technology
Union Pacific goes for a new type of switcher.
Locomotives
Doyle McCormacks's PA progress; new units for BNSF, CN.
Passenger
Luxury trains mix fine dining, equipment, and scenery.
City Rail
Chicago Metra begins service on three line expansions.
Fantrip
NJ Transit cancels plans for photo permit.
Preservation
This group has a one-track mind for a diner.
Departments
From the Editor
Railway Post Office
Railroad Reading
Ask Trains
Preservation
New Products
Gallery
Once upon a time in Trains
Congress is trying to decide whether your next meal on Amtrak will look like fine dining or fast food.
By Bob Johnston
Silver Bullet by rail
From hops to finished beer, Coors takes the train.
By Mike Danneman
Rolling restaurants
As with any business, dinner trains demand a lot of work and a certain amount of savvy to succeed.
By David Lustig
Getting enough iron in your diet?
Some eateries are intertwined with railroading. Here are three of our favorites.
By Karl Zimmermann and Casey Thomason
Meals by Fred Harvey
Get to know the man, the food, the Girls, the Santa Fe trains, and the legacy.
By John Kelly
The best on wheels
For nearly a century, the reputation of many U.S. railroads rode on their dining cars.
By Michael E. Zega
Cooking on the coal scoop
Where there are hungry railroaders and a live steam engine, there shall be hot food. Even today.
By Karl Zimmermann
Map of the Month: Dinner hour on the Pennsy
See where the Pennsylvania Railroad's dining cars were on a Sunday evening in 1938, as if frozen in time.
By Bill Metzger
News
Railroad News & Photos
CSX restores Gulf Coast service; Amtrak mulls new trains.
Don Phillips
Alas, poor railroad food, we knew ye well.
Tom Murray
When I think of great railroad food, I think of...
Technology
Union Pacific goes for a new type of switcher.
Locomotives
Doyle McCormacks's PA progress; new units for BNSF, CN.
Passenger
Luxury trains mix fine dining, equipment, and scenery.
City Rail
Chicago Metra begins service on three line expansions.
Fantrip
NJ Transit cancels plans for photo permit.
Preservation
This group has a one-track mind for a diner.
Departments
From the Editor
Railway Post Office
Railroad Reading
Ask Trains
Preservation
New Products
Gallery
Once upon a time in Trains
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