Passenger Trains > 48 and 448 tonight

#48 has a "status unavailable" as per Amtrak posting. Perhaps weather and a mechanical issue have caused problems. Track A Train map now shows
48 near Fonda, NY operating at 27 mph. No arrival times posted for Albany or NYP. 
 Amtrak showing # 448 to departe Albany at 8:53 pm versus scheduled 3:05 pm > ETA Boston(south Station ) 1:15  am(5 hrs., 14 mins. late...MBTA is shut down at that air)
Did the engines have problems. ?..Hopefully it was not a trespasser on the tracks incident

Surprise, surprise -- AMTRAK.com has a service alert with info about this ... attached.  Love it -- a timely alert!

But from other sources (twropr) I am hearing about a car setoff at Utica and now the train seems to be either wandering or stopped down the Mohawk Valley, so we await more details. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/13/16 17:22 by RevRandy.

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#448 now shown to be due at Boston at 1:57 am vs. 8:01 pm scheduled time. Track A Train still has the train at Fonda. Doubt if the new departure time of 9:38 pm
from Albany will be the actual departure time. Better to bus the poor passengers. I hope amtrak's new president really tries to solve some of the LSL's problems.

448 departed Albany 10:54 pm rather than scheduled 3:05 pm
Arrived Boston 4:35 am rather than scheduled 8:01 pm

If the delays are the result of the new double track and signals between Albany and Schenectady, that will make a huge improvement going forward.

Sorta like people crucifying Norfolk Southern for adding new capacity west of Elkhart IN. There were huge delays for months, but the capacity improvement is impressive.