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[quote user="ACY"] As I understand it, sometimes the host RR insists that Amtrak trains leave on time or close to it..  They believe problems on other (connecting) RR's are not their problem. [/quote] The decision to wait for connecting passengers off of a late running train, i.e. the Empire Builder to the Capitol Limited, probably is dependent on a multiplicity of factors. In FY12 the Capitol Limited carried an average of 310 passengers per train.  This was the overall passenger load.  Passengers probably got on and off the train at each stop between Chicago and Washington and vice versa.    Lets suppose the Empire Builder is running five hours late. And it has 27 connecting passengers for the Capitol Limited. If Amtrak holds the Capitol for the connecting passengers off the Empire Builder, it runs the risk of angering a greater number of Capitol passengers. And it runs the additional risk of causing them to miss connections in Pittsburgh, Washington, etc. In this case, if I were in charge, I would release the Capitol Limited and take my lumps from the connecting passengers. The Texas Eagle has two through cars that are switched from the Sunset Limited to the "real" Texas Eagle in San Antonio. If the Sunset Limited is running really late - I don't know the trigger point in number of hours, Amtrak releases Number 22 without the connecting cars from the Sunset Limited.  To protect the service it parks a coach and sleeper in San Antonio to be used in case the transfer cars from the Sunset Limited are not available.
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