Passenger Trains > Delay on Southwest Chief - #3

I see that the westbound Southwest Chief lost an hour and 12 minutes between Trinidad, CO and Raton, NM today. Could it have been because of freight train interference?!? :)

power issues on the hill my guess

Delayed because of heavy eastbound empty traffic, empty after empty battling the passes, nothing but emptiness, in fact... - - JLH

to me it appears that today ( Sunday ) the big loss was between Raton and Las Vegas (NM)
so while it could be motive power issues, there is no mountain grade on that piece of the sub

more rain maybe?

It's now seven hours late. Any new info as to why?

dan Wrote:
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> more rain maybe?

Except for a few scattered to isolated t-storms, Sunday was a dry day in NM. Expect lots more monsoon moisture coming in tomorrow.

I'm wondering how far the ABQ-KNG crew made it on HOS ( hours of service )
Looks like a 4 hour hit in there

highgreengraphics Wrote:
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> Delayed because of heavy eastbound empty traffic,
> empty after empty battling the passes, nothing but
> emptiness, in fact... - - JLH


I was under the impression BNSF was not using Raton for freight movements, empty or otherwise. It appears that I am mistaken?

ATSF3751 Wrote:
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> highgreengraphics Wrote:
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> > Delayed because of heavy eastbound empty
> traffic,
> > empty after empty battling the passes, nothing
> but
> > emptiness, in fact... - - JLH
>
>
> I was under the impression BNSF was not using
> Raton for freight movements, empty or otherwise.
> It appears that I am mistaken?

I think that comment was "tongue-in-cheek". AFAIK, there are no freight movements. This was confirmed by our Amtrak crew on Sat (and by actual experience).