Agree. It's 30 more minutes to read or something and 30 less minutes at my destination. On other routes being slow is a massive liability though. If people cou

Agree. It's 30 more minutes to read or something and 30 less minutes at my destination. On other routes being slow is a massive liability though. If people could get from San Francisco to Portland in 10 hours, or even 12 hours, instead of 18 hours, it would be much more practical. At 18 hours it messes up your sleep schedule rather than just giving you more time to read. It might just not be worth it to spend more on rail travel from Portland to SF though. It's just a reality of geography rather than somebody's mistake that travel from SF to Portland is harder than travel from DC to NYC.