Worst Amtrak Routes

Eno said:

Fiscal 2018 Operational Results of Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
	Number of	Passenger-	Operating	Operating	Operating	Loss per	Loss per
	Passengers	Miles	Revenue	Costs	Deficit	Passenger	Pass.-Mile
Palmetto	387,919	94,908,198	$30,869,529	$36,262,835	-$5,393,306	-$13.90	-$0.06
Auto Train	224,837	193,584,657	$71,989,213	$87,461,429	-$15,472,216	-$68.82	-$0.08
City of New Orleans	237,781	100,272,820	$19,399,123	$40,437,972	-$21,038,849	-$88.48	-$0.21
Texas Eagle	335,770	154,765,722	$25,742,874	$57,527,780	-$31,784,906	-$94.66	-$0.21
Silver Star	368,518	165,945,944	$34,842,292	$69,730,438	-$34,888,146	-$94.67	-$0.21
Lake Shore Limited	337,882	149,358,299	$28,411,059	$64,083,465	-$35,672,406	-$105.58	-$0.24
Coast Starlight	417,819	194,382,390	$44,541,555	$90,112,715	-$45,571,160	-$109.07	-$0.23
Silver Meteor	337,023	190,075,999	$40,082,745	$79,869,814	-$39,787,069	-$118.05	-$0.21
Empire Builder	428,854	303,918,093	$57,626,494	$109,501,033	-$51,874,539	-$120.96	-$0.17
Capitol Limited	219,033	98,779,079	$21,380,052	$49,009,554	-$27,629,502	-$126.14	-$0.28
California Zephyr	418,203	295,678,349	$59,058,662	$116,349,708	-$57,291,046	-$136.99	-$0.19
Crescent	274,807	129,039,734	$33,141,871	$72,559,789	-$39,417,918	-$143.44	-$0.31
Cardinal	96,710	33,313,579	$7,127,007	$22,643,665	-$15,516,658	-$160.45	-$0.47
Southwest Chief	331,239	272,714,245	$45,511,902	$102,680,813	-$57,168,911	-$172.59	-$0.21
Sunset Limited	97,078	73,279,546	$12,391,231	$47,569,328	-$35,178,097	-$362.37	-$0.48

So it's looks like it's the sunset limited (New Orleans to San Diego) that is the real money loser.

https://www.amtrak.com/sunset-limited-train

Palmetto, weirdly enough, the best. (New York to Miami).