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Raising taste expectations on European TILTING TRAINS.(Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, Swiss Federal Railway, Swiss dining cars)
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September 1, 2000|
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A tradition worth preserving, and a marketable lesson for Amtrak.
North American Amtrak passengers can only wish for the gourmet dining experience European riders have long enjoyed aboard Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) cars.
Rail news media redigested this lesson in restaurant car elegance recently on the SBB's shiny new ICN pendulum train as the "Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi" sped on its press debut between Zurich and Berne.
Tilting trains entered revenue service this spring on the Jura line between St. Gallen and Lausanne via Zurich and Biel/Bienne, ...
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
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Towards a New Laocoon Henry Moore, Leeds ; ...and around the country
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