Tne only section of rail in the US I know of that Amtrak owns exclusively are the tracks for the Acela Express in the East. However, good portions of the country are double-tracked. It's when passenger trains get stuck behind freight in areas of the country without double tracking (think rural) that Amtrak gets behind--and it's really not their fault. There's only so much they can do as in the majority of places freight comes first.
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