Passenger Trains > 9 Superliners late Sunday 1/8/17

Most late #5
Left the latest #11

#3 Southwest Chief 4:22 late into Los Angeles, left Chicago on time
#4 Southwest Chief 1:31 late into Chicago, left Los Angeles 6 minutes late
#5 California Zephyr 8:36 late into Emeryville, left Chicago on time
#6 California Zephyr 1:54 late into Chicago, left Emeryville on time
#11 Coast Starlight 3:56 late into Los Angeles,  left Seattle 1:14 late
#14 Coast Starlight 3:22 late into Seattle, left Los Angeles on time
#29 Capitol Limited 1:14 late into Chicago, left Washington DC on time
#52 Auto Train 2:27 late into Lorton, left Sanford 34 minutes late
#53 Auto Train 8:22 late into Sanford, left Lorton 14 minutes late

Ret. Navy Chief Bob Jensen
Manteno, IL

What about the Sunset Limited?

It was due to arrive New Orleans on Sunday.

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walstib Wrote:
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> What about the Sunset Limited?
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> It was due to arrive New Orleans on Sunday.
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> Posted from iPhone

27 minutes early.  I think the assumption is that if it is not listed, it arrived on time (or early).

Sunset has been doing good with a few exceptions here and there.
 

AutoTrain 53 is expected into Sanford about 9 hours late today.  In past experience, that will throw off a few days of service until they can work off the accumulated delay.  Even with the usual great turn around, that's too much to overcome.

Today's AutoTrain 52 into Lorton will be about 7 hours late.  Ditto for that.   I'd walk over to the shopping center get a fine burger and a beer, while waiting for 53 to be ready. ten minute walk, plenty of time for that.


(Amtrak will give a box dinner to waiting passengers at Lorton, and probably not open the diner for evening meal service.  Cars are already loaded in an extra set of auto racks and pulled out of the way.  Since the northbound may not be full, the cleaning may be accelerated.  But they're still gonna get out very late.  That's how they handled the situation when my sister traveled a few weeks ago.)