Passenger Trains > CZ to Serve Kansas City Tonight

5 is supposedly lined up to detour today via KCY due to high water/flooding in Iowa on BNSF. Apparently UP East/West main unavailable. Stay tuned. No word on #6 tomorrow.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/11/10 15:16 by PumpkinHogger.

PumpkinHogger Wrote:
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> 5 is supposedly lined up to detour today via KCY
> due to high water/flooding in Iowa on BNSF.
> Apparently UP East/West main unavailable. Stay
> tuned. No word on #6 tomorrow.


What, When, Where, Why, and How?

#5 departed Chicago 7 min. late and there is no service disruption shown for the Iowa station stops.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/11/10 13:34 by GenePoon.

I was in Union Station this afternoon, and it was posted that the train was going to detour and alternate transportation would be available.

I assume the routing with be on the former Santa Fe transcon?

Regards,
Burlington John



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Most likely.....you might be able to catch her in daylight at Fort Madison.

Drew Mitchem
Centralia, WA

burlingtonjohn Wrote:
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> I assume the routing with be on the former Santa
> Fe transcon?
>
> Regards,
> Burlington John

Yes'm and up the clogged St Joe sub

#5(11) detouring over BNSF from Galesburg, IL to Lincoln, NE via Kansas City, KS.

#6(10) detouring over UP from Omaha to Chicago.

PumpkinHogger Wrote:
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> burlingtonjohn Wrote:
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> -----
> > I assume the routing with be on the former
> Santa
> > Fe transcon?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Burlington John
>
> Yes'm and up the clogged St Joe sub

Rats! Got plenty of room here on the Brookfield sub!

Regards,
Burlington John

Out of Galesburg 41 minutes late.

Probably picked up a ATS leader for a 90 MPH trip across Missouri on the Santa Fe.

Middle of the night through KC.

Julie says 4 hours late into Lincoln.

Anyone know the speed limit for passenger trains on the St. Joe/Napier Subs?

CS890

Jaanfo Wrote:
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> #5(11) detouring over BNSF from Galesburg, IL to
> Lincoln, NE via Kansas City, KS.

I've been curious how suitable KC to Lincoln on the BNSF would be for passenger trains. Maybe I will find out shortly. Any information is welcomed.

The route is a major important coal line for BNSF, so CTC is everywhere. I assume they will skip Omaha?

It left La Plata at 7:45 PM after doing a station stop there.

Chris

I did the Milwaukee Road 261 over that route. It is the main BNSF coal line so there is plenty of coal trains to meet. We waited for 4 before we ran to Lincoln. It was a fun daylight ride. A link to my story.

http://www.trainweb.org/chris/Trip_CirclesSD.html



enjoy,

Chris

They stopped at La Plata to do an Amtrak crew change of engineers and van the inbound to Boone, IA for the detour tomorrow. We went regular route on #6 (09) and were one of the last trains thru before they shut the line down. Inbound engineer told me he was walked thru water at the IC&E interlocking.

Mudrock Wrote:
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> It left La Plata at 7:45 PM after doing a station
> stop there.
>
> Chris


Chris,

Are you in Missouri? For how long?

Regards,
Burlington John

Both 6 and 5 will go across the UP today.

MILW86A

No I'm home in Santa Ana having a job interview this afternoon.

Wish I could have been there though.


chris

Amtrak does not keep locomotives in Galesburg, so #5 did not pick up any extra motors there. They just establish absolute block on those detours when we go via KC and run 79 mph across that subdivision.

CS890 Wrote:
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> Out of Galesburg 41 minutes late.
>
> Probably picked up a ATS leader for a 90 MPH trip
> across Missouri on the Santa Fe.
>
> Middle of the night through KC.
>
> Julie says 4 hours late into Lincoln.
>
> Anyone know the speed limit for passenger trains
> on the St. Joe/Napier Subs?
>
> CS890

What time did this/will this get to KC?