I am old enoiugh to remember the Amtrak commercials with the song by Julius LaRosa "see the country, travel Amtrak" especially the line "it's easy going through the rain and snow ". https://youtu.be/w0MIkduzGx4
I think this is probably the worst Amtrak has experienced in the Midwest in it's history. I don't see a comparable larger outbreak of severe temperatures on the Weather Channel website until way back in Feb 1899.
aegrotatio What the heck happened to the "all-weather mode of transportation?" When did it all fall apart?
What the heck happened to the "all-weather mode of transportation?" When did it all fall apart?
1983 when Amtrak took over operations on the NEC.
Not a train cancellation but maybe a loco cancelllation. Loco 505 burned in the SEA Amtrak yard. One rport is that Amtrak worker was trying to thaw toilet but Seattle does not have that many days of freezing temps.
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/amtrak-train-catches-fire-at-sodo-rail-yard/913032327
CHI long distance departures for Feb 1 are all late except one.
3 = 11:58 late not showing on the tracker
5 = 4:45 late
7 = 3:27 late
21 = 10:21 late
30 = 2:02 late
48 = 6:28 late
59 = On time Got to homewood :44 late after having trouble getting switched to the air line
Don't we just love the reliability of the Chicago maintenance department ? Are P-42s causing any of these problems or is it passenger cars? It would be interesting how many passengers left CHI on each of these trains?
blue streak 1Don't we just love the reliability of the Chicago maintenance department ? Are P-42s causing any of these problems or is it passenger cars? It would be interesting how many passengers left CHI on each of these trains?
Two Christmas's ago we had a cold spell in Chicago and the delays were primarily the locomotives failing I was told by Amtrak folks. They even had two P42's cold dead under the trainshed at CUS with their trains uncoupled and pulled away. Because of the higher than normal locomotive failure.......Amtraks solution was to power outbound trains with later arriving power from inbound trains (robbing Peter to pay Paul) in an attempt to buy time.
However we had two trains pull into Union Station to load that were not done being serviced yet and the loading was delayed while the crews on board rushed to complete the servicing of the trains. Primarily it was the distribution of bedding, towels, water in the sleeping cars. I am guessing this last part was caused by higher than normal absentee rate at the Chicago terminal.
Cancellations north of LAX due to weather/ Actually north of Ventura. The reason has not been clarified yet.
https://www.amtrak.com/alert/west-service-adjustments-due-to-weather.html
Revised and update of west coast cancellations.
EDIT apppears link is same . note time has changed.
Since last Monday Amtrak has had 2 - 4 equipment substitutions or delays of Acela equqipment including today.
Unfortunately, as some have said, it is a different railroad world out there now that management has stripped the operation of as many human assets as possible.
20th Century
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