T4tomo
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they also don't take bikes
Train Breakfasts?
- Thread starter Grant Fondo
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they also don't take bikes
Prue Leith told a story once about her time on the Board of British Rail.
They use to get letters saying how nice the bacon sandwiches was on the X train to x. Others use to complain about the quality on later trains compared to the earlier service. They thought hold a minute we don't serve bacon sandwiches on that service.
Turned out the crew and chef had a sideline going selling them.
They use to get letters saying how nice the bacon sandwiches was on the X train to x. Others use to complain about the quality on later trains compared to the earlier service. They thought hold a minute we don't serve bacon sandwiches on that service.
Turned out the crew and chef had a sideline going selling them.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Should have gone to Gregs !
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Yes, although it was years ago on a service to Paddington.
Proper dining car and a properly cooked breakfast which the uniformed steward use to bring to your seat on a large, round platter.
'Full house, sir?'
Oh yes, which meant you got a portion of everything.
TissoT
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I wouldn't Eat anything on a train
Apart from being expensive its not edible.
Food on a Aircraft is going the same way almost Dog food.
Apart from being expensive its not edible.
Food on a Aircraft is going the same way almost Dog food.
71 years old and never had a meal or even a drink on a train
Ever been on a train?
T4tomo
Legendary Member
three rashers of bacon and two eggs surely?
We used to get that traveling from Cardiff to London. We'd get standard class tickets then go and sit in the dining car for breakfast. We'd stay there for the whole journey as it was a first class carriage.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
yes it used to be a good wheeze, if there we spare seats in 1st class dining bit you could just pay for breakfast, and then they stopped it and made breakfast 1st class only and included it in the ticket price.
ExBrit
Über Member
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- Southern California
When I commuted to London I would have a couple of slices of toast and a coffee and be pretty pleased with it. That was back in the days of British Rail. Do you remember when private companies bidding to replace it pledged to improve service and make a profit? Did that work out well for you?
Although Amtrak seems to be trying to bankrupt itself, food is actually something it does quite well and the prices are only double what you would pay at more static eateries. You can get a decent steak dinner if you have the funds.
Although Amtrak seems to be trying to bankrupt itself, food is actually something it does quite well and the prices are only double what you would pay at more static eateries. You can get a decent steak dinner if you have the funds.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
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- Gone over the hill and far away
Yes in the UK three times twice to London and once to Leatherhead
In Aussie every day as I went to work by train.
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Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Yes, i remember nabbing some good food on Amtrak ... DC to Orlando ... but why do the trains crawl along? 55mph cars were going faster. Winter had turned to summer when I got there
Best train food I've had on the express to Berlin from Frankfurt, great stuff.
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Grant Fondo
Guru
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- Cheshire
This thread would not have started if plan A had been in operation, to make my own bacon butties, just ran out of time. 
Bit peckish here on the 5pm whooshing back up north, ... in first class this is on the menu, yum! Lucky blighters.
My £310 ticket only gets me some formica twixt two pieces of cardboard for 4 quid, oh well, in for a penny ....
Bit peckish here on the 5pm whooshing back up north, ... in first class this is on the menu, yum! Lucky blighters.
My £310 ticket only gets me some formica twixt two pieces of cardboard for 4 quid, oh well, in for a penny ....
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
Train brekkie I always found a bit tough ,I need to Choo Choo it a lot ...
