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I haven't ridden the Chief in about 10 years or so, but I did ride the Zephyr from Chicago to Omaha and back in July of this year. BNSF's track was very poor, lots of rocking and rolling of the cars. And, lots of slow areas where I didn't see any evidence of trackwork being performed. We arrived in Omaha about 2 hours late, and on the way back the Chicago arrival was about an hour and a half late. Along with the track conditions, the train was halted twice to replace a brake hose. Luckily, the Three Rivers departed Chicago about six hours after the scheduled arrival of the Zephyr. In actuality, I think we departed an hour or so later than scheduled on that train from Chicago. However, the ride back to PA was much smoother, and we arrived in Harrisburg on time. I give credit to the crew of that train for making up the time. We even tripped a hot-box detector coming down the grade into Altoona, and had to run at 15mph for about 10 miles!
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