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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, December 23, 2021 8:57 AM

Lithonia Operator
How many Auto Train trainsets are there? Just two? Three?

Only two.  Thus when one or both sets get seriously late the only options are to attempt to 'run it back on time' or eliminate a complete round trip from the schedule.  At present according to Dixieland (http://dixielandsoftware.net/cgi-bin/getmap.pl?mapname=East)the Northbound Auto Train departed Sanford 6 hours 45 minutes late and the Southbound Auto Train departed Lorton 2 hours 45 minutes late.

With no hiccups - Auto Train 'can' gain about 1 hour per run.  End of line servicing 'can' save a few hours when pushed.  Of course to gain anything - EVERYTHING must go 'right'.

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Auto Train
Posted by Lithonia Operator on Thursday, December 23, 2021 8:10 AM

How many Auto Train trainsets are there? Just two? Three?

Still in training.


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