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I observed #22 this morning in Taylor.  As noted it is being re-routed through Hearne, Palestine, and Jacksonville to Temple because of UP track work on the line between Dallas and Longview. The re-routing of #22 won't do its financial picture any favor. At Taylor a UP pilot engineer and a UP conductor board the train.  They go as far as Hearne, which is approximately 50 miles from Taylor.  According to the UP engineer with whom I visited while in Taylor, the Amtrak operating crew, as well as the UP pilot crew get off the train, and they are replaced by a new crew that takes the train to Longview. Normally the San Antonio crew (Austin engineer) gets off the train in Fort Worth, and a new crew (engineer, conductor, and trainman) takes the train to Marshal, which is 24 rail miles east of Longview.  Because of the re-routing, Amtrak has had to contract with a van service to drive the crews to and from Hearne to make the required crew changes.   In addition to picking-up the addition costs for the UP pilot engineer and conductor, as well as the van service to make the crew changes normally made in Fort Worth, Amtrak has had to hire buses to carry passengers between Austin, Temple, McGregor, Fort Worth, Dallas, Mineola, and Longview.
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