Sabotage is believable because Amtrak made it believable.
They tried to screw the Southwest Chief.
They have never explained why they could not use money from the government to keep people employed in maintenance so that the cars would be ready to go to now.
They have been unwilling to be open with their customers about why that had to to things such as removing SSL lounges and whether such moves are temporary or permanent.
They have never explained why they didn't put the new VL2 sleepers to work when accepted instead of holding them and not using those expensive assets. It has nothing to do with Covid.
They never explained why their promise to put new linen on the trains just disappeared into thin air even though that promise was made pre-Covid.
They never explained or justified the need to go from real food to the worst of packaged food nor why they couldn't provide more choices. This is not a case of having to save money because the difference in cost between quality packaged food and packaged garbage is incidental as is the difference in cost between having so few choices and having differnt choices on, e.g., different directions or different trains or different days.
They never explained their need to suddenly and without proper notice, decide to quit pulling private cars instead of just simply saying they would phase out the program by no longer signing contracts to haul cars except for limited city combinations.
They never justified why they couldn't provide proper schedules/timetables and pricing information any more which is especially critical on LD trains because of the high prices.
They never explained why they knocked Amsnag out even though it was providing a service that Amtrak has failed to provide.
Amtrak tries to hide information from the public, from congress, from the media consistent with the theory of sabotage or deliberate malfeasance.
Amtrak operates like a company that feels no obligation to be open and honest to its customers even though the American people are paying to subsidize it.
So claiming sabotage is not unreasonable in response to the company's deliberate actions and failures to justify or explain them.
