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[quote user="VerMontanan"] Actually, Sam, it was only "Crystal Clear" to you and the train crew.  Unfortunately, neither of you had the standing to make the judgment.   Yes, the freight train met train 21 there, but mere fact that the meet was so long suggests that there were other factors involved.  Yes it could have just have been a "bad meet", but given that we know train 21 was severely delayed between Temple and Taylor (and not by the freight train at Granger), there were certainly other things to consider.  You also do not know that "Amtrak's prescence acerbated the traffic control issue for UP."  For example, the freight train could have been staked out there for 21 and other trains, too, by plan. The reality is that such "drive by" anecdotal observations are meaningless.  And, as any dispatcher will tell you (including myself who did it for 17 years), there are many train crews out there who only think they know the "Crystal Clear" reasons they're delayed, and your average dispatcher will choose to only convey basic information to the crews.  Not only does it limit questions, but moreover, they often just don't have the time for anything more. I agree that freight trains are delayed by Amtrak, and vice versa, but random observations without benefit of the big picture as observed by the train dispatcher are of no value. <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] If the comments are of no value, how come you have gotten so exercised over them? How long ago were you a dispatcher?  Where do you live? What do you know about Texas or the events of the day in question?  How do you know what the conductor knew and did not know?  How do you know whether what he told me was valid or invalid? You accuse me of speculating?  And then speculate about what the crew did or did not know!  I am an novice compared to the speculations you have just proffered. I never cease to be amazed at people who live hundreds or thousands of miles from Texas and know more about what goes on here than the people on the ground. As I tried to make clear, I did not speculate on the reasons for Amtrak's delay. And I did not imply that it was Amtrak's fault. Time to end this discussion.
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