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I'd have to say it's a combination of things... I take freights into the South Side of Chicago and I've seen Amtraks sitting on the NS track waiting to get onto the Belt and further down onto the UP line over to either the CSX or GTW line that they use. One was delayed due to the dispatcher packing trains together so tightly that nothing could move. Another time the dispatcher couldn't get the switch to throw and Thornton Junction, so the Amtrak crew had to wait on a signal maintainer to come come out. A lot of times dispatchers seem to be at the mercy of the local yardmasters who can't get trains out on time and then their yards get backed up. Barr Yard is one of the worst I've ever seen, trains are held out all the time due to conjestion, so then that inbound train goes dead holding up everything turning the mainline into a parking lot. There are times when I've come out of Danville only to have to sit about 40 miles outside my destination yard due to conjestion, which means there are about 8-10 trains in front of me waiting on the same thing. It also seems depend on what dispatcher is on duty. The daytime dispatchers like the Belt Dispatcher handles Metra's, BRC, BNSF, CSX, NS, UP, and Amtrak trains and does it so well that everything moves great, and then there are dispatchers who could barely dispatch the model trains in your basement!!! [2c]
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