I am too old to travel overnight without a bed, so every long distance train I've taken across the US or Canada has been in a sleeper compartment, and in a sleeper, meals are included.
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Yeah, we got a roomette on the Empire Builder last year to Portland OR and it included three squares a day. Damn tasty, too Scalzi's not wrong about the length, tho. We just treated it as part of the vacation though. I packed a bunch of books and watched the scenery from the observation car
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This spring's adventure from Detroit to Tucson to DC to Philly involved box meals on a bus bypassing track closures, once each way. And once I got the infamous Dinty Moore stew because our train was 9 hours late. But we never went hungry.
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The tickets are reasonably expensive, but are offset by not paying for a hotel or meals when I'm on the train. In fact we usually end up with a stash of extra desserts when we get home. Brownies for days. And usually the meals are fresh cooked and pretty good.
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Ah! I’ve never taken an Amtrak route that’s had a sleeper option (was just looking at Baltimore to Vermont, in fact). TIL!
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I've also gotten meals in First Class on Acela (the DC to Philly portion of the epic trip). The upgrade was free because of the points I'd accumulated on the earlier legs. And last week I got a meal on a Via Rail trip across Ontario, but that required upgrading to business class (had a coupon).
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I am a bit obsessed with trains.
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