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Unfortunately, I can find only the numbers to calculate the average load factors, which as I stated are just that.  More meaningful statistics would be the mode, median, and standard deviation.  The median, which is the point where half the data points are above it and half are below it, can be worked out if I am willing to take the ridership for each month and do the calculations.  The median is almost always lower than the average at least when calculating arrival times or minutes late in Texas.  I may do that. Your point about the Sunset is well taken.  One of the keys to success in business, indeed most activities, is to concentrate your resources where there is likely to be a big payoff.  General Robert E. Lee understood this point; it is one of the reasons he was so successful for a long period of time, even though he was almost always out numbered on the battlefield.  Instead of running a skelton long distance train system, which I recognize is political as opposed to logical or demand driven, think how much better a system we could have if Amtrak was permitted to concentrate its resources where there is a better market demand for them.  Like the Auto Train!  And more joint venture corridors (Amtrak and State).
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