Speaking of Palm Springs, it slightly amazes me with all the extra service Amtrak California(and what CalTrans helps to support), that there isn't an extra scheduled train earlier in the day running east from LA to Palm Springs. And ditto with a later in the morning westbound train(vs. the Sunset Limited's schedule), from Palm Springs to LA. I guess what I'm thinking here is in a way like the Heartland Flyer, where at least there is one scheduled train daily in each direction.
And for the love of god, the Sunset Limited REALLY needs to be a daily train, and not just only 3 times a week! Shame on both Southern Pacific(back when they ran this train just before 1971), and also Amtrak for never upgrading this train beyond 3 days a week.