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[quote user="thegreatpumpkin"] I agree with CSSHEGEWISH. I believe most of the LD trains still operate close to the historical 1950’s schedule, timed to convenient arrival and departure at the endpoints.   Without taking the extensive time required to review the passenger statistics for each LD train, due to population growth/shifts since the 1950’s and the availability of much faster and relatively low cost air transport between LD endpoints, it seems that a new evaluation of the schedule of each LD train would be appropriate to determine if more passengers would be served (revenue generation) at the intermediate stations if the schedules were altered to better serve the medium-sized cities along each LD route rather than the endpoints. [/quote] The schedule of the Sunset Limited was altered to call at better times for several intermediate cities between NO and LAX. However, because of the changes, the train now arrives in LA at 5:35 a.m. Having ridden it last year, I am not kean about getting off a train in the very early morning.   What really irked me is the sleeping car attendant rousted me out of bed at 5:30 a.m. and insisted that I get off the train by 6:00 a.m., although the schedule says or said that sleeping car passengers could occupy their space until 6:30 a.m. I have some comparative numbers (2014 - 2013) for stations served exclusively by the Sunset Limited.  I believe the schedule was changed in early 2014 or late 2013, but I am not sure.  If someone can tell me when the schedule change was effective, I will post the comparative passenger boarding and detraining numbers for several of the key stops where the schedule was changed to improve the times served, i.e. Houston, El Paso, Tuscon, etc.
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