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[quote user="cx500"]If the freight trains were still running, and apparently they were, the tracks would have been kept pretty much clear by the regular traffic. Therefore Amtrak would have been able to run with little problem. [/quote] It was a risk assessmenet both BNSF and Amtrak had to make. Carrying completely different "loads" and using different equipment the results can differ accordingly. Amtrak choose the safe way. [quote user="cx500"]I will also note that cancelling the train will have impacted the travel plans of a number of passengers whose trip did not include the area of the storm.[/quote] That is a risk you take when you use an Amtrak LD train. Because of their unpredictable on-time performance you need to assume you might have to adjust your traveling plans even when the train runs. That the concerned people weren't lucky I understand. But better this way than something happend to the train. Regards, Volker P.S.: @CMStPnP: you are right about Germany. All that glistens is not gold. But al in all it is a very nice country.
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