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[quote user="Roadrunner"] I've been wondering for a while now how fast the speeds are for most Amtrak trains.  Do the speeds differ between the summer and the winter?  Do average speeds change across the country? Lots of thanks to anybody that knows anything, and sorry if there is another post about the same topic, I can't find any. [/quote] I was told by a former UP engineer who worked out of  Mineola that when the temperature tops 100 degrees for days on end, as it does frequently in Texas during the summer, the UP will require Amtrak to slow down to 60 or 65 mph.  This was a decade ago, and it may not be true today. Perhaps someone else in Texas with operating experience can confirm or refute this information.
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