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Here is what I wrote in another post regarding the Texas Eagle. "The Texas Eagle, prior to the Great Recession, ran so late, as a rule, that those of us who rode it joked that we would not get to San Antonio before the bars closed.  With the coming of the Great Recession, however, the on-time performance improved.  The reason is clear.  Freight traffic diminished in response to the downturn in the economy.  Now, of course, the economy has come back.  And so too has the freight traffic. And the Eagle is again running late more often than not." Irrespective of performance incentives paid to the freight carriers to get Amtrak's trains over their systems, or what Boardman threatens, as long as the performance incentives are inadequate, and Amtrak does not compensate the freight carriers for the full cost of hosting its trains, the freight carriers don't have an incentive to help Amtrak stay on time. Two weeks ago I took the Texas Eagle from Taylor to Dallas.  Number 22 was four hours late.  Lets see, it is 117 miles from San Antonio, where Number 22 originates, and Taylor.  Four hours late!  It is happening frequently now that the UP is again crowded with freight trains.  Rather than constantly tick-off passengers because of late running trains, we would be better off to kill the long distance trains and run trains in relatively short, high density corridors.  Even if they are run over a freight carrier, if they don't have too far to go, there is a higher probability of keeping them on time.
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