Preparing breakfast on a Superliner, 2010.
Color digital image showing a chef preparing breakfast on the Empire Builder (Chicago-Seattle/Portland); image dates to October 2010.
- Digital Image Details
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- Date Archived:
- February 4, 2015
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 2010s
- Data Format:
- Image
- Route:
- Empire Builder
- Date Created:
- October 2010
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Early in the morning, an Amtrak chef prepares hearty breakfast plates that might include scrambled eggs, bacon, grits, fresh fruit, yogurt and other favorites.
The bi-level Superliner dining cars contain a kitchen on the lower level and a dining area on the upper level, with a prep station located in the middle. A dumbwaiter is used to transport food. When the new Superliners first went into service in 1979, the kitchen was noted for its air-conditioning, fluorescent lighting and electric convection and microwave ovens. The kitchen also contained an electric grill, toaster, coffee maker and warming table.
This image is one of a set entitled "A Day in the Life of Amtrak" completed for the Amtrak 40th Anniversary celebration.
Photographer: Jason Berg for Amtrak. From the Amtrak Corporate Collection.
