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Just for fun I checked departure/arrival times of various trains at Albany to see how things worked out

4:20 pm---#49 departs, NYP 40 mins. late
5:43 pm---449 arrives Albany 17 mins. early
6:15 pm---# 68 arrives Albany 18 mins. late
6:47 pm---#49 arrives Albany 27 mins. late
7:22 pm---# 64 arrives Albany 22 mins. late
7:48 pm---#49 departs Albany for Chicago. Arrives Syracuse 10:58 pm(1 hr., 09 mins. late)
                Estimated arrival Chicago as of 11:10 pm: 15 mins. early at 9:30 am. If it works out that way that's pretty good for a train departing NY 40 mins. late
                Unfortunately Boston line passengers had a long wait Albany
                This is not intended to be a criticism of Amtrak......it's interesting to me(and others I hope) to see how things work out

              

This  is not  bad at all. In 2015 USA.

It's interesting to note that #49 made up 13 minutes between NYP and albany, arriving only 27 minutes late.  But then it lost that and another 3 mintues sitting in the station, departing 43 minutes late.  Between ALB and SDY it lost an additonal 24, departing the latter 1:07 down.  This morning, it's 1:04 late out of TOL.  How much can it make up into chicage?  

Exactly how is departing 40 minutes from the point of origination "not bad at all?" The computer assumes to get the 15 minute early arrival into Chicago, everything will go well the rest of the way. If it's late into Toledo, it is almost certain to lose more time between there and Chicago.

How is the second track project (SDY to ALB) coming along?

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To add insult to injury, on the Mohawk feed, I heard CSX's NC dispatcher tell train #288 to hold at CP 169 (junction between CSX's Selkirk Branch and Amtrak's single track Hudson Sub.) for #49, which was stopped at West Albany getting permission to proceed west with cab signals cut out.  #288 lost about 32" and #49 about 24"
Andy

You cannot imagine how difficult it is to put a 2nd track back on an empty 2nd track right of way!

The present estimate  of competition is 2057 or earlier if the stars align correctly.

 

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> How is the second track project (SDY to ALB)
> coming along?
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The project is finally progressing at a decent pace with much of the grading and prep work done.

John

49 arr. Chicago 10:36 am, 51 mins. late

Thanks for the info on the second track.

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