[CoastalCoder]

Thanks for the really interesting writeup!

> Personally I wonder why Amtrak doesn't offer a "Presidential" fare, where 6 or so people can book a private car and get truly top tier service.

Could a 3rd-party company offer this? I.e., they own and operate the Presidential-like cars, and are a contractual middle-man between Amtrak and the riders?

[TecoAndJix]

Not the same, but I'm up the road from the Strasburg Railroad and they have some fancy cars you can dine in. I would love something like that from Lancaster to Philly or Philly to NYC https://www.strasburgrailroad.com/

Fun local news fact: someone left their excavator on the tracks and one of the locomotives crashed into it Wednesday !

https://www.wgal.com/article/train-crash-at-strasburg-railro...

[mrapathy2]

There's a company that operates a route between Chicago and New Orleans with a restored Pullman, attached behind a standard Amtrak car. See:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/travel/all-aboard-for-a-t... https://railsnw.com/tours/Pullman/Rail-only-information3.htm

The economics of it are likely difficult, but there's at least precedent.

[CoastalCoder]

They should call it the Precendtial!

[david422]

Maybe like a timeshare. You can have this car reserved for November .