The Desert Wind on which I would be traveling was carrying an extra Dining Car at the end of the train back to Los Angeles where Dining Cars are serviced. This Dining Car was just deadheaded back to Los Angeles. We went down into the kitchen galley area
The photos in this slide show were taken in the mid-1990's by Steve Grande on his Amtrak travels throughout the nation. The size of the photos is purposely smaller as disk space was expensive and download speeds were slower at that time.