Talk politics.

Well, for one thing, Amtrak in CA doesn't own the rail line, so they can't keep to a schedule due to the freight trains interrupting them so often. I won't take Amtrak again due to that, whereas if they hadn't been continually interrupted, it would have been a nice experience and I might have done it again. I know it's an anecdote, but I see no reason why that wouldn't be the case for a large enough number of people to be a significant part of the problem with Amtrak.