I've taken Amtrak. It's honestly not bad service wise. It is slow, has the lowest priority on a lot of track, has almost no backup options if something goes

I've taken Amtrak. It's honestly not bad service wise. It is slow, has the lowest priority on a lot of track, has almost no backup options if something goes wrong on the train, and has some very old equipment in service. If it were just twice as fast, was given priority or had it's own tracks, and had enough trains that a following one could pick you up in a disaster, and without random bedrooms that just smell like the 1970s, I would take it almost exclusively. Otherwise.. sadly.. Amtrak is for when I don't actually care if I arrive at my destination or not. If I'm lucky I get where I'm going and most of the time I get a steak on the way.