I've been reading all the threads about all of the real meltdowns in service on Amtrak this summer, especially with the long-distance trains. (though it seems the NEC has been having its problems, too.) When I say "meltdown," I mean a train that's cancelled before or in the middle of its run, or which doesn't arrive on the day of its scheduled arrival. OK, maybe a train that gets in late at 1 AM, but was scheduled to arrive at 11:30 PM might not count as a meltdown, but you get the idea.) I guess it would also include misconnects where the passengers can't get any kind of connection the same day and need to be accommodated overnight. It seems to me that there have been more of them in recent years, but maybe not; after all my epic meltdown experiences are all from almost 20 years ago. I wonder if anyone is keeping track of these, as I would think that the reliability of rail service would be a utmost importance for people making a decision to use the train for transportation. I know somebody has a website that allows you to look at the history of on-time performance, but has anyone gone through them and catalogued whether extremely delayed arrivals and cancellations have been increasing over the years? It seems to me that this would be a natural thing for the RPA to do, or be interested in. After all, if it's a crap shoot whether your train will run, better to pick some other method of transportation.