congressman johnñr micah h long krcriticized the dining in cafe cars. >> this is unfortunately a governmental audits shows amtrak loses $1 for every dollar in mood iti] sells. auditors found amtrak collected $2.4 million last yearfá ç$2.8 million by offering the food service on that route in the first place. a similar amount of red ink for nationwide. $13 million in losses selling food on the auto train which runs south to florida. over-staffing cited on someáo@ routes. many long distance amtrak trains they spend more on labor selling the food than they earn ons7 t food.fáxdok nearly as much spent storingríre food, and they've been handing out free food and booze to some passengers on some of the more expensive routes. managementÑi the free >> labor costs, storage costs, delivery cost, ñrmarketing, it'a loss. >> reporter: passengers say amtrak needs to serve those drinks andw3 sandwiches to lure customers. a frequent passenger tellst( th news4ok i-team she would be les likely withoutçó the coffeelp s bought and amtrak ought to keep selling. >> it's well worth it. everything we need to cope