Passenger Trains > San Joaquin train #715

Amtrak train #715 has been broken down near Orwood,CA ( about 10 miles west of Stockton, CA) since 17:45 this evening. Maintance employees from Oaland arrived about 19:30 but were unable to fix the issue. Amtrak train #717 is now hooked up to the disabled #715 to drag both consists to Oakland. In the process #717 is having issues as well. As of 21:00 both trains are still at Orwood. Crews are reporting passengers are quite upset!

Valleyman

EDIT :  GOOD News for BOth trains the live AMtrak status maps now shows both
trains MOVING at about 50MPH westbound  as  of 9:25 PM PDT JULY-26-16 Tuesday.
http://asm.transitdocs.com/
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YIKES the rescue train also Broke down too ????
That is one train that I am glad I am NOT on.
My sympathys and thoughts go out to the pax and  train crews on both trains.
Thankkfully this is a rare event of a double breakdown on the Amtrak California system.
------ Daniel
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Valleyman Wrote:
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> Amtrak train #715 has been broken down near
> Orwood,CA ( about 10 miles west of Stockton, CA)
> since 17:45 this evening. Maintance employees from
> Oaland arrived about 19:30 but were unable to fix
> the issue. Amtrak train #717 is now hooked up to
> the disabled #715 to drag both consists to
> Oakland. In the process #717 is having issues as
> well. As of 21:00 both trains are still at Orwood.
> Crews are reporting passengers are quite upset!
>
> Valleyman



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/16 21:35 by daniel3197.

Need new locomoitves  AND yard/shop forces that know how to maintain.  Course it means forces that WORK and not sleep, as well as Supervisiont.

This all seems to be a lost art in todays world.