>>1050550This one's purely aesthetic/not very cost effective but I'll throw it in anyway since one of the biggest complaints about Amtrak apart from the usual (late trains, ineffeciency, stolen baggage etc.) is it's uniformity and loss of refined culture. As in all the trains are basically the same no matter where you are.
>Change the names of long distance trains back to a famous one that preceded it(i.e. the Southwest Chief becomes the Super Chief again, Lake Shore Limited is split into the Broadway/20th Century Limited on the New York route). Amtrak already owns several rights to historic names such as the City of New Orleans and many of the railroads that held such names have long since ceased to exist so copyright shouldn't be much of a problem.>Repaint the locomotives and rolling stock in the colors and logos of the predecessor railroad that ran it (sky blue/green/black and orange for the Empire Builder, red, yellow, and silver for the Super Chief, orange,white and black for the California Zephyr, brown red and orange, grey and white for the 20th Century Limited etc.)>Add a unique element to each service (elaborate menu based on the original train's offering, observation/dome cars based on the original train's, renovated interiors in different colors, region-based performances and music shows, etc.)This one's definitely not economical but would be fun to see
>Rebuild diesel locomotives to resemble the old streamlined steam locomotives that ran on those historic routes (Hudsons on the 20th Century Limited, Class A on the Hiawatha, J Class for the Pelican/Crescent) 