When in doubt, hire a chef

That increasingly dubious X Train project doesn’t have first dibs on Union Pacific tracks, after all. And the on-board gambling (which S&G never took seriously) has been ixnayed. So whaddya do when you need a quick jolt of publicity? Hire a celebrity chef, what else? Rick Moonen has more “cred” with foodies than, say, Wolfgang Puck, the Ronald McDonald of fine dining. However, Moonen’s cuisine is definitely upscale and a big X Train selling point is affordability. Signing Moonen when so many basic issues (like, uh, financing) are unresolved is — to cite an even more time-honored form of transportation — putting the cart before the horse.