Passenger Trains > 48 today

Check it out! Only 2 min late out of Cleveland. NS got it done.

Also #29 and #49 are running less than an hour late - probably the first time this has happened since July.

Andy

I remembered to look at the Chesterton webcam last night (West only; East seems
to be in a STATE OF GOOD REPAIR) and was pleased to see Train 48 passing about
an hour after departure from Chicago...which is about what it does when on time.

Track-A-Train, however, was showing Train 30 still in Chicago Union Station at
zero mph at the same time when it was supposed to be approaching South Bend.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/14 08:47 by GenePoon.

30 had mechanical issues at Chicago

rombout137 Wrote:
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> Check it out! Only 2 min late out of Cleveland. NS
> got it done.

Unless all the track work activity along the NS has been completed -- which is doubtful -- NS has demonstrated that moving Amtrak's trains alonover its tracks reasonably close to schedule CAN BE DONE !! It took a "DO IT, DAMNIT!!" from the CEO (who had to be waked up by thy STB) but they did it.

Fritz in HSV, AL

navy5717th Wrote:
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> rombout137 Wrote:
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> -----
> > Check it out! Only 2 min late out of Cleveland.
> NS
> > got it done.
>
> Unless all the track work activity along the NS
> has been completed -- which is doubtful -- NS has
> demonstrated that moving Amtrak's trains alonover
> its tracks reasonably close to schedule CAN BE
> DONE !! It took a "DO IT, DAMNIT!!" from the CEO
> (who had to be waked up by thy STB) but they did
> it.
>
> Fritz in HSV, AL

I think we all know the story from the 1960s about when the Super Chief was running consistently late, and a message came from the president's office simply saying "The Super Chief will run on time."

The_Chief_Way Wrote:
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> 30 had mechanical issues at Chicago

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It departed on time. Then it went back...and sat almost three hours.

Can't blame that one on NS!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/14 08:50 by GenePoon.