> C'mon, that's not a big sample size for such sweeping conclusions.

Sleuth the monthly Host Railroad Reports here[1], direct from the cow's mouth. The company sets an aspirational 900 minutes delay per 10k train miles target metric and their monthly reports are lit up in breach like a Christmas tree year round across the country.

[1] https://www.amtrak.com/about-amtrak/reports-documents.html