It's impressive how many individual dishes such a small kitchen can churn out while in a moving train.
Luckily, the dining car changes that are affecting the East Coast might not come in their exact iteration to these longer routes.
"West of the Mississippi, these trains are typically two nights," Roger Harris, Amtrak chief marketing and commercial officer told me.
"They're typically a 48-hour train to the West Coast, so the onboard service is a more important part of the journey, and people have more dining events while they're traveling. It's more complicated than on the East Coast, where people generally get on in the evening, have a meal, and then get off in the evening."
That's sure to be welcome news for the travelers who look forward to these meals.