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[quote user="schlimm"] [quote user="Sam1"]Texas Eagle who are traveling from points north of San Antonio (SA) to points west of the Alamo City and vice versa.  South and west bound they arrive in SA. at 9:55 p.m., but they do not depart until 5:40 a.m.  East and north bound they arrive in SA at 9:30 p.m. and depart at 7:00 a.m.  [/quote]  What's the rationale for 9+ hour layovers anyway? [/quote] The Texas Eagle is not really a through train.  This may be part of the answer.  Only two cars go through from Chicago to LAX and vice versa.  They are taken off the Eagle at SA and coupled to the Sunset Limited or vice versa.  The arrival and departure times of the Eagle in SA are probably geared to the fact that most of the people who are still on the train after it leaves Austin will detrain at SA and most of the people traveling up the line from SA begin their journey in SA.  It had a daily average of 134 boarding or detraining passengers in 2009.  Frequently, I have been on the through sleeper when the occupancy rate was less than 25 per cent.
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