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[quote user="Deggesty"] When my daughter and I went to Memphis this past April, the coaches on the City of New Orleans had Texas Eagle numbers on them, which indicated that the interchange is between those two trains. [/quote] That's because the Eagle equipment arriving in Chicago turns as the southbound City of New Orleans and vice versa.  It is not just the coaches; the whole train set runs as the City.  It is good example of where Amtrak has a strategy to optimize its equipment utilization. The Texas Eagle could leave Chicago 1.5 hours late and still arrive in San Antonio on time because of the fat built into the schedule. I have experienced late departures on the Eagle from Chicago as well as the Acela from New York. One of the late departures from Chicago was due to a mechanical problem with the sleeper. Another was because a passenger apparently got sick just before the scheduled departure time (serious enough to have the EMS get on the train), and the train was delayed departing.  In the case of the Acela, the doors would not close, and the crew had to call the mechanics for some help.  We were 25 minutes late leaving NYC. Given the complexity of operating a train over long distances or not so long distances, I marvel at how few delays occur.  From the giddy-up to the whoa the personnel, equipment, host facilities, other traffic, etc. all have to perform flawlessly to get the train over the road on time.
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