Passenger Trains > Amtrak #3 (26th)

hello, it's show #3 loosing about 2hours between dodge city and garden city and then another almost 3 hours between garden city and La Junta. Does anybody know why?
Thanks in advance 
Robert 

wonder if signal problems played a part with the front moving thru

one does wonder....it spent 1' 27" in La Junta

thanks for the heads-up, maybe i can catch a video of it on the seligman sub...........'

66

seems like  power issue then, perhaps they borrowed a unit or got summer fuel

Power and signal issues... Rumor has it that a BNSF unit will be added in ABQ.... 

well, after sitting for quite a while north of ABQ ( Rail Runner delay ?? ) they're up to 
81 mph.....

Now over 7 hours late.
DennisTrain 3 of 11/26/2015. http://www.dixielandsoftware.net/Amtrak/status/pics/tracker.gif      http://www.dixielandsoftware.net/Amtrak/status/pics/arrow.gif Formatted Data
* THIS TRAIN EXPERIENCED A SERVICE DISRUPTION.
* Southwest Chief
* +---------------- Station Code
* | +----------- Schedule Arrival Day
* | | +-------- Schedule Arrival Time
* | | | +----- Schedule Departure Day
* | | | | +-- Schedule Departure Time
* | | | | | +------------- Actual Arrival Time
* | | | | | | +------- Actual Departure Time
* | | | | | | | +- Comments
* V V V V V V V V
* CHI * * 1 300P * 303P Departed: 3 minutes late.
* NPV * * 1 335P * 341P Departed: 6 minutes late.
* MDT * * 1 424P * 438P Departed: 14 minutes late.
* PCT * * 1 446P * 501P Departed: 15 minutes late.
* GBB 1 535P 1 538P 554P 556P Arrived: 19 minutes late. | Departed: 18 minutes late.
* FMD * * 1 642P * 657P Departed: 15 minutes late.
* LAP * * 1 751P * 800P Departed: 9 minutes late.
* KCY 1 1011P 1 1045P 1030P 1046P Arrived: 19 minutes late. | Departed: 1 minute late.
* LRC * * 1 1152P * 1152P Departed: On time.
* TOP * * 2 1229A * 1229A Departed: On time.
* NEW * * 2 245A * 245A Departed: On time.
* HUT * * 2 320A * 330A Departed: 10 minutes late.
* DDG 2 519A 2 525A 540A 545A Arrived: 21 minutes late. | Departed: 20 minutes late.
* GCK * * 2 621A * 835A Departed: 2 hours, 14 minutes late.
* LMR * * 2 659A * 934A Departed: 2 hours, 35 minutes late.
* LAJ 2 815A 2 830A 1202P 129P Arrived: 3 hours, 47 minutes late. | Departed: 4 hours, 59 minutes late.
* TRI * * 2 950A * 302P Departed: 5 hours, 12 minutes late.
* RAT * * 2 1056A * 404P Departed: 5 hours, 8 minutes late.
* LSV * * 2 1238P * 704P Departed: 6 hours, 26 minutes late.
* LMY 2 220P 2 224P 855P 858P Arrived: 6 hours, 35 minutes late. | Departed: 6 hours, 34 minutes late.
ABQ 2 355P 2 445P 1101P Arrived: 7 hours, 6 minutes late.
GLP * * 2 708P MT
WLO * * 2 850P MST
FLG 2 951P 2 957P MST
WMJ * * 2 1033P MST
KNG 3 1239A 3 1246A MST
NDL * * 3 1249A PT
BAR * * 3 339A PT
VRV * * 3 418A PT
SNB * * 3 532A PT
RIV * * 3 553A PT
FUL * * 3 634A PT
LAX 3 815A * * PT

Even with a freight unit, you wouldn't see that kind of time loss?

BNSF 6617 added ahead at Albuquerque. Amtrak engineer reported the first P42 was only providing traction power while the 2nd P42 was only providing "Hotel Power" as he put it.

m/u cables wonder if they tried double heading

Smart engineer.
"Hotel electric power" is the correct engineering definition of "HEP."
It's a term that refers to on-board power generated for uses other than propulsion. In the early days of Superliners and Amfleet, rail car builders borrowed the term from the ship building industry, where "hotel power" is commonly used in describing the non-propulsion generating and control functions on modern diesel-electric cruise ships.
Railroaders and railfans long ago adapted "Head End Power" as the definition of "HEP" but the more correct term "hotel electric power" is used in a broader range of transport context.

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/15 10:05 by Alco251.