Passenger Trains > Amtrak 42 late out of pgh

Supposedly left Pgh on time (730) yet did not reach greensburg (nominal 40 minute run time) unitl 10 40 am 2.5 hrs late. When it went through cresson and horseshoe curve (still 2.5 to 3 hrs late) it was being led by two NS SD40E's from the helper pool in Cresson. Luckly it was a light monday hence the availability of helpers, though there is probably some intermodal train working its tail off somewhere between pitcarin (east of pgh) and the summit.

What happened. Hope the Amtrak unit still had HEP or the passengers would be cold and in the dark.\

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Amtrak 42 is almost 3 hours late now.

It arrived into Harrisburg at 3:55 behind NS 6311 & 6313. It didn't leave until 5:18, over 4 hours late. Took a long time to take the NS engines off and attach the protect engine. Had to wait for Keystone train arrivals and departures due to reduced capacity in the station.

Sucks the original Amtrak engine crapped out in the 1ST Place! Reduced crews? Anderson knows what the hell he's doing?

ProAmtrak Wrote:
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> Anderson knows what the hell he's doing?

The answer to this question is unequivocally "no."

There should be a surplus of P42's now with all the Charger locos, so they should be sticking protect engines in places like Pittsburgh.