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[quote user="Deggesty"] I have the understanding that the equipment coming in on the Texas Eagle goes out on the City of New Orleans, and vice versa. Since the Eagle came in at 4:28 (2:36 late), this may have delayed the departure of the City, though 1:40 late does seem excessive to me. [/quote] This is a great example of the snowball effect.  The Texas Eagle was late leaving San Antonio, it appears, because No. 2 was running approximately 2.5 hours late.  The Eagle had to wait for the two through cars off of No. 2.  It appears that it did not make up any of the lost time between San Antonio and Chicago, which would result in the time constraint for the City of New Orleans. One of the regular Eagle conductors has told me that Amtrak will put the SA protect cars on the Eagle if No. 2 is really late, although he did not say what really late means.  Apparently it was not late enough yesterday to put the protect cars on the train so that it could leave SA on time.  He also said that if No. 2 is really really late, Amtrak will take the through passengers off of No. 2 at Alpine or Del Rio and bus them to Austin, where they can get back on the train.   Beginning on Friday, Amtrak will be off the hook as far as through cars from LAX to Chicago.  The Eagle is being suspended between San Antonio and Fort Worth, so everyone will get a bus ride from SA to Cow Town. PS:  No. 21 is reported 2 hours 7 minutes late for Temple this afternoon.  No. 22 is nearly on time for Mineola.
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