When I took trains from Baltimore to Los Angeles on the Santa Fe in 1966 thinges pretty bad. All the passenger cars were worn out cars of the 1940s and on the B&O in the restroom you could watch the trackage though a hole on the floor.

I missed my connection with the Santa Fe brcause the B&O was four hours late. However the /santat FE would also get to LA also four hours late.

So AMtrak of the 1970s and 1980s while not like the old days was an improvement over the 1960s. Westbound to LA, it usually arrived early, Eastbound was usually three hours late.

I still prefer the train ride over either a jet plane or a bus.