Passenger Trains > What Happened to # 448 Tonight ?

The train arrived Springfield, MA 35 mins. late at 6:23 pm
Departed Springfield 7:35 pm( 1 hr., 42 mins. late) Most unusual.
Anybody know what the problem was ?
TIA

Just a SWAG. Does #20 pool equipment with #48??? And since 20 lost contact with the track in Spartanburg SC there would be no equipment available for 48. Which makes for a non normal turn of equipment. But why 448 late?????

Tominde Wrote:
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> Just a SWAG. Does #20 pool equipment with #48???
> And since 20 lost contact with the track in
> Spartanburg SC there would be no equipment
> available for 48. Which makes for a non normal
> turn of equipment. But why 448 late?????

No, 48/49 run a unique consist among the single-level LD trains (no lounge car).

Dave

#48-448 will be late into upstate NY stations around 2 hrs late
today(Tues. 26th)

Evidently last nights departure from Chicago was held for the Builder
which arrived Chicago 9:39 pm. Lake Shore departed Chicago at
11:51 pm(2 hrs., 21 mins. late)

This morning the train is estimated to arrived Buffalo 11:21 am(2 hrs., 23 mins. late)
Syracuse 1:42 pm(2 hrs., 04 mins. late) and, with luck Albany 4:19 pm( 1 hr., 29 mins. late)

mp16 Wrote:
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> #48-448 will be late into upstate NY stations
> around 2 hrs late
> today(Tues. 26th)
>
> Evidently last nights departure from Chicago was
> held for the Builder
> which arrived Chicago 9:39 pm. Lake Shore
> departed Chicago at
> 11:51 pm(2 hrs., 21 mins. late)
>
If 48 was only being held for 8 you would think it could have gotten out of town a little earlier than 2 hours 12 minutes after the EB's arrival. Must have been something else as well.

Dave

None of the responses given here could possibly explain why #448 lost an hour-plus at Springfield, Mass.