Passenger Trains > Zephyr 5(16) on one unit

Calfornia Zephyr 5(16) departed Chicago on time, at which one of its engines, the AMTK 145, died.  Mechanical could not revive it and it was removed, leaving the AMTK 822 handling the train by itself.  If it holds up, things should be OK to Denver but one unit won't do beyond that.

Lost about 1 3/4 hours...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/17 23:17 by GenePoon.

I would assume they will remove one unit from #6 tonight in Denver to be added to #5 tomorrow morning.

the ski train has 2 unitssitting there, but a replacement is 36 hours away

czephyr17 Wrote:
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> I would assume they will remove one unit from #6
> tonight in Denver to be added to #5 tomorrow
> morning.

We're pulling into Denver now, and the conductor just tipped off the LSA that they'll be losing power for about 15 minutes. Sounds like we'll become the one hit wonder for our destinations east. 

ColdRainAndSnow Wrote:
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> czephyr17 Wrote:
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> > I would assume they will remove one unit from
> #6
> > tonight in Denver to be added to #5 tomorrow
> > morning.
>
> We're pulling into Denver now, and the conductor
> just tipped off the LSA that they'll be losing
> power for about 15 minutes. Sounds like we'll
> become the one hit wonder for our destinations
> east. 

It's pretty much all downhill from Denver to Chicago.

u ain't lying stay high
 

Alrighty then...May the squirrels running on the treadmill of AMTK 154 East do us a solid. 

FIGURE ON LOSING SOME TIME MAYBE UP TO A COUPLE HOURS IF OTHER ONE HIT WONDERS ARE A GUIDE

dan Wrote:
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> FIGURE ON LOSING SOME TIME MAYBE UP TO A COUPLE
> HOURS IF OTHER ONE HIT WONDERS ARE A GUIDE

Yep, I'm not connecting tomorrow but some of my neighbors are and are getting a bit nervous about the Cap. 

perhaps they will send a bus  if need be to galesburg or something, if they don't hold  the cap

We've been cooling our jets about 10 miles outside of city limits waiting on a freighter with air problems. We're going to check their train as it crawls by to save them the walk-the-train bit. I think we've added another 50 minutes to our tardy slip tonight. 

3:22 min late  @FMG est, ASM shows a projected arr in CHI only of like 1:20 min thou... heee

The crew hit their HOS before we could get to Lincoln. We are moving now. Projected Chicago per conductor is about 7:45P. Late train gettin' later...

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#4 isn't fairing much better, you may have some company into shy town

dan Wrote:
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> FIGURE ON LOSING SOME TIME MAYBE UP TO A COUPLE
> HOURS IF OTHER ONE HIT WONDERS ARE A GUIDE

The CB&Q ran the CZ and other trains over the route with a similar HP/ton ratio to what you've got tonight.  One healthy P42 with 8-9 cars shouldn't have a problem maintaining track speed on a fairly level route.

Dave