Point of this? Quite possibly none, just a persistent thought that was bugging me a touch while walking earlier today, and thought I'd toss it out in case anyone was able to figure out something more useful from it. Data is for April through June 2014, using FRA performance metrics reports for train miles and Amtrak's monthly performance reports for the revenue. Will say I'm a bit surprised by the Starlight having so much sleeper revenue per mile; I suspect it's because it's able to turn over a lot of sleeper rooms in NorCal.
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Train Sleeper revenue per train mile
Auto Train $52.13
Coast Starlight $19.94
Capitol Limited $18.04
California Zephyr $15.95
Lake Shore Ltd $13.22
Empire Builder $12.82
Southwest Chief $12.57
Silver Meteor $11.67
Texas Eagle $10.32
City of New Orleans $9.95
Sunset Limited $9.43
Crescent $9.31
Silver Star $7.22
Cardinal $4.82
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Train Coach revenue per train mile
Auto Train $81.83
Palmetto $29.00
Lake Shore Ltd $28.10
Crescent $26.72
Silver Meteor $26.46
Silver Star $25.17
Coast Starlight $23.66
Capitol Limited $21.91
City of New Orleans $21.34
Texas Eagle $19.98
Cardinal $16.80
Southwest Chief $15.49
Empire Builder $14.31
California Zephyr $13.86
Sunset Limited $10.96