As you all know, I'm not a happy camper when it comes to Amtrak killing my Sunset. So while
fuming and playing with numbers, I discovered something.
Using the current schedule, Amtrak could run the Sunset daily between NOL-LAX with 7 trainset.
However, If you move the NOL departure time back by 3 hours and LAX departure time forward by 2 hours, Sunset would need
only 6 trainsets. And plenty of time to do maintenance on NOL and LA. This would free up 1 trainset.
fuming and playing with numbers, I discovered something.
Using the current schedule, Amtrak could run the Sunset daily between NOL-LAX with 7 trainset.
However, If you move the NOL departure time back by 3 hours and LAX departure time forward by 2 hours, Sunset would need
only 6 trainsets. And plenty of time to do maintenance on NOL and LA. This would free up 1 trainset.