Passenger Trains > Lake Shore Limited - Departing 11/18/2014

I see that train #49 is listed as having a service disruption. It would appear that it didn't even leave NYP. Considering that #48 and even #64 is still trying to get through upstate NY (both trains running over 5 hours late with NY Governor Cuomo calling a state of Emergency for the Buffalo, NY area. Will #48 be held in Chicago or go under the same fate of #49 that was to leave NYP today (11/18/2014)?

Will Amtrak add a coach to the Capitol Limited to try and handle the Lake Shore Limited's load between Midwest and Cleveland, and even those who need to get to points on the Empire or Northeast Corridor? I have been onboard many times when sleeping car passengers have said they'd rather take the Capitol Limited to NYC than the Lake Shore (and vice versa)?

Guess it is too late for the Capitol Limited Eastbound, but the train is listed as sold out Chicago to Washington in sleeper and coach........Westbound there's some bedrooms, but less than 2 Roomettes left.

jp1822 Wrote:
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> I see that train #49 is listed as having a service
> disruption. It would appear that it didn't even
> leave NYP. Considering that #48 and even #64 is
> still trying to get through upstate NY (both
> trains running over 5 hours late with NY Governor
> Cuomo calling a state of Emergency for the
> Buffalo, NY area. Will #48 be held in Chicago or
> go under the same fate of #49 that was to leave
> NYP today (11/18/2014)?
>
> Will Amtrak add a coach to the Capitol Limited to
> try and handle the Lake Shore Limited's load
> between Midwest and Cleveland, and even those who
> need to get to points on the Empire or Northeast
> Corridor? I have been onboard many times when
> sleeping car passengers have said they'd rather
> take the Capitol Limited to NYC than the Lake
> Shore (and vice versa)?
>
> Guess it is too late for the Capitol Limited
> Eastbound, but the train is listed as sold out
> Chicago to Washington in sleeper and
> coach........Westbound there's some bedrooms, but
> less than 2 Roomettes left.

#48 is under sold out status, so my presumption would be that it is not going out tonight!!!

Both 48 and 49 have been cancelled. Amtrak has suspended service between Cleveland and Albany until at least tomorrow. CSX is about to follow suit.

For reference the NY Thruway (I90 at this point) is closed from Rochester west.

"Weather or no...go New York Central!" Wasn't that the line from a famous NYC ad back in the day. Not so much anymore I guess. And Winter is only starting.

Yeah but when you get snow piling up faster than No. 4 doing 90 go figure, it's better to be safe than sorry, wonder how the airlines are handling this!

ProAmtrak Wrote:
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> Yeah but when you get snow piling up faster than
> No. 4 doing 90 go figure, it's better to be safe
> than sorry, wonder how the airlines are handling
> this!

No issue at the Airport. As of yesterday they had only gotten 6 inches at Buffalo airport.

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The bands of heavy snowfall are being observed to be a few miles wide in this storm. But there is a LOT of wind, with waves of 11 feet on Lake Erie. So there could well be a lot of blowing snow and drifting even if the first fall doesn't pile up in your neighborhood.

Be nice if Amtrak listed an update for 11/21 train service to upstate NY!