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Jason, the reason why Amtrak operates the Sunset Limited, Orlando to Los Angeles, as a trice weekly is become of its very long length. Amtrak operate 6 trainsets on this route, as it does for the Empire Builder, California Zephyr, and Southwest Chief. To provide everyday service on the Sunset Limited, Amtrak would need to operate 12 trainsets! If you look carefully at the details of the Texas Eagles schedule, and the City of New Orleans schedule. you will notice that the Eagle's connection in San Antonio flows better westward, and the City of New Orleans' connection in New Orleans flows better eastward..... But that leaves Houston out in the dark both ways..... Another reason why there should be a local between Houston and Dallas! Getting back to the first thought, if we eliminated these 24 trainsets on these two night long distance trains out west, can you imagine the frequency in service Amtrak could provide on the Cardinal, Capital Limited, City of New Orleans, and the Texas Eagle. The Cardinal currently has 2 trainsets, the Capital Limited, Texas Eagle, Coast Starlight, and City of New Orleans have 4 trainsets. 18 of the 24 trainsets could be used to double the frequency of these trains, notice that the Cardinal is a trice weekly train, we still have 4 more trainsets to provide this route a daily service with 2 trains which leaves us with just 2 Superliner trainsets left in reserve. Today Amtrak could rework its long term stragedy. In my opinion Amtrak would be better off eliminating the two night trains, and attempt to turn around the one night trains east of the Rockies, and the Coast Starlight along the west coast. Providing another daily train 6 to 8 hours off their current schedule should improve ridership at stations when the trains today arrive after dusk and before dawn. Interesting, isn't it?
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