CNSFI don't know... check out the diner photo, the portions look pretty small... I also enjoyed the photo of the crew member standing on the platform by the open subway-style doors. I couldn't help but wonder if his job is "pusher".
Johnny
Miningman East Japan Railway is a spun off private corporation, not government owned.
East Japan Railway is a spun off private corporation, not government owned.
Rio Grande Valley, CFI,CFII
Miningman We have not come anywhere near any kind of reasonable new updated trains for a very very long time. Why is that?
We have not come anywhere near any kind of reasonable new updated trains for a very very long time.
Why is that?
Probably because there isn't a market for such trains in North America anymore. The American European Express of the 1990's and the stillborn Marlboro Unlimited prove the point.
Mr. Aussie Loco- Except, that is not what I stated whatsoever. Not even in the ballpark.
Nothing wrong with the Canadian in general except it does not come even reasonably close to running on time, coach seats are oversold and it has a crappy route. The equipment is old but well looked after.
The overpriced luxury part recently introduced is the pretentious stuff. Well more power to them.
As long as they're not serving whale meat in the diner, more power to 'em! Beautiful train, the interiors anyway, like something out of science fiction.
When you're stting back in your bathtub, sipping a cold glass of Sake, you can think, "I wonder what the poor people are doing."
No doubt, except it's a new train, not something from 1955 that has been gussied up for the 10th time.
MiningmanUp here, we have VIA with that pretentious overpriced nonsense.
I'm sure theres plenty of people in Japan that think that luxury train is pretentious overpriced nonsense as well.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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$2500 a day? What are we comparing it to?
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Miningman1948- The 20th Century Limited is light years ahead of anything in Japan, or Europe for that matter. Zoom ahead about 70 years ( That's scary for us Classic guys) and it's all reversed to such a degree that the Century does not even exist nor does the NYC. East Japan Railway is a spun off private corporation, not government owned. Swiss do it right as well.
Lots of other countries do it right or are moving in that direction.
C&NW, CA&E, MILW, CGW and IC fan
Miningman, very well put!
1948- The 20th Century Limited is light years ahead of anything in Japan, or Europe for that matter.
Zoom ahead about 70 years ( That's scary for us Classic guys) and it's all reversed to such a degree that the Century does not even exist nor does the NYC. East Japan Railway is a spun off private corporation, not government owned.
Swiss do it right as well.
Up here, we have VIA with that pretentious overpriced nonsense.
Oh wait, today in North America it's beautiful airports, excellent hassle free service that is simply a joy right?
How could this happen? Eat your Burger King while Rome burns.
RME schlimm Was the remainder of your quotation (his sermon) in any fashion relevant to this thread? No. I put it in because he took that long to establish the 'sermon' parallel to the Burger King quote. I could have edited it to drop out the intermediate few lines, but when I tried some sample edits it left out the humor of the rhetoric. This is strictly humor (playing off the 'Burger King' Amtrak service compared to more luxurious possibilities) and nothing more.
schlimm Was the remainder of your quotation (his sermon) in any fashion relevant to this thread?
No. I put it in because he took that long to establish the 'sermon' parallel to the Burger King quote. I could have edited it to drop out the intermediate few lines, but when I tried some sample edits it left out the humor of the rhetoric.
This is strictly humor (playing off the 'Burger King' Amtrak service compared to more luxurious possibilities) and nothing more.
"Have it your way..."
schlimmWas the remainder of your quotation (his sermon) in any fashion relevant to this thread?
RME ROBERT WILLISON A true 21 century Ltd. You forgot the comma in the new train's name. What was BK's slogan back then? Pittendreigh knew! He put it right in a sermon for y'all: Do you remember the words, "hold the pickle, hold the lettuce?" What’s the next line? “Special orders don’t upset us – all we ask is that you let us have it your way.”
ROBERT WILLISON A true 21 century Ltd.
You forgot the comma in the new train's name.
What was BK's slogan back then?
Pittendreigh knew! He put it right in a sermon for y'all:
Do you remember the words, "hold the pickle, hold the lettuce?" What’s the next line? “Special orders don’t upset us – all we ask is that you let us have it your way.”
Do you remember the words, "hold the pickle, hold the lettuce?"
What’s the next line?
“Special orders don’t upset us – all we ask is that you let us have it your way.”
Was the remainder of your quotation (his sermon) in any fashion relevant to this thread?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2017/02/21/the-rebirth-of-burger-king-has-made-3g-capital-bill-ackman-and-warren-buffett-14-billion/#22493536566d
ROBERT WILLISONA true 21 century Ltd.
Do you remember the words, "hold the pickle, hold the lettuce?" What’s the next line? “Special orders don’t upset us – all we ask is that you let us have it your way.” About 25 years ago Burger King came out with their "Have it Your Way" campaign where if you wanted fast food you didn’t have to get it any way they made it, you could have a hamburger made especially for you. And we liked that. We wanted that hamburger made especially for us, our way. That’s the kind of people we are, we love customization. We like things being tailor made, fit just for us. The problem is that we don’t stop with material customization, we also want it in our spiritual lives. We like our church customized to fit our needs. We like our worship service customized just to our exact taste. Unfortunately, we also want a God who is customized to conform to our preferences. We want a God who does it our way and that’s a problem. Because God has a habit of doing things his way... <remainder snipped, perhaps mercifully - he did not tell us how God wanted our burger to be.>
About 25 years ago Burger King came out with their "Have it Your Way" campaign where if you wanted fast food you didn’t have to get it any way they made it, you could have a hamburger made especially for you.
And we liked that.
We wanted that hamburger made especially for us, our way. That’s the kind of people we are, we love customization. We like things being tailor made, fit just for us.
The problem is that we don’t stop with material customization, we also want it in our spiritual lives.
We like our church customized to fit our needs.
We like our worship service customized just to our exact taste.
Unfortunately, we also want a God who is customized to conform to our preferences. We want a God who does it our way and that’s a problem. Because God has a habit of doing things his way... <remainder snipped, perhaps mercifully - he did not tell us how God wanted our burger to be.>
Not many Burger Kings around here. Haven't been in one in years but I do remember the 1970s style orange and yellow formica that was the main decor. No fine inlaid wood, no sunken bathtubs, no beautiful female attendants, No exotic drinks, no nothin! And no beautiful passing scenery out of the windows, only passing trucks, overflowing dumpsters and pimply teenagers.
Waht was BK's slogan back then? "Hold the pickle, hold the ketchup, Burger King will make you retch up..."
54light15 And Amtrak has all the ambience of a Burger King. Jeez!
And Amtrak has all the ambience of a Burger King. Jeez!
I don't know, the newer Burger Kings are pretty snazzy.
Does that Japan Luxury train come with a happy ending?
Godzilla might find it delish.
RME 54light15 And Amtrak has all the ambience of a Burger King. Without the good-tasting burgers.
54light15 And Amtrak has all the ambience of a Burger King.
Without the good-tasting burgers.
54light15And Amtrak has all the ambience of a Burger King.
Wow. How come I get the feeling we have fallen even further behind.
This is what the 20th Century Limited should have evolved to.
Looks nice...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/japanese-luxury-sleeper-train-mere-slideshow-wp-174058562.html
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