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https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2020/02/24/amtrak-blames-freight-trains-passenger-delays-getting-worse/4851468002/ Amtrak's on-time performance on Michigan trains was just 43% last year. On the Wolverine (Chicago-Pontiac), it was just 33%. Ouch.

This is nothing new - the Michigan trains are habitually late. A 2014 Detroit Free Press article noted that the Wolverine trains had an on-time record of just 33%, down from 72% in 2005; the same article noted that the Blue Water train ran on time only 13% of the time.

I rode the Southwest Chief from Los Angeles through to Chicago earlier this week. According to the passenger manifest, Coach peaked at 80 passengers, but there were no more than 50 passengers for most of the journey. The manifest indicated the same consist would return to Los Angeles about...