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[quote user="blue streak 1"] There has not been a single post IMHO that can show that a change in the food service to a no loss  position would not cause an increase in the total loss of a route by the loss of certain  passengers ?  That includes the NEC ?  What is needed is a cost analysis of each route of food cost losses that then are translated into number of passenger or more accurate RPMs needed  to cover those losses ? SAM1 ? [/quote] Without access to Amtrak's books, as well as its incremental pricing and costing models, which probably came from a consultant, it is impossible to know what impact pricing on-board meals to cover their full cost would have on passengers.   Some people might not travel by train if the price of on-board food is perceived to be too high. However, a significant percentage of the dining car patrons appear to be from the sleepers.  The cost of their meal is baked into their first class ticket. They don't know how much meals are costing them and, therefore, as long as the price (cost) of the meals is included in the first class ticket, increasing it may have little if any impact on them.
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