Passenger Trains > Don't wait up for...

...Southwest Chief 4(21)....6 hr 19 min late out of Kansas City.

Engine problems into Albuquerque, arrived 2:18 late with AMTK 3 and 33.   Couldn't be fixed, set out the 3, replaced with AMTK 148.  Departed 6:47 late.

Yawn

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Another one of Amtrak Mechanical's Greatest Hits 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/23/22 14:48 by altoonafn.

GenePoon Wrote:
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> ...Southwest Chief 4(21)....6 hr 19 min late out
> of Kansas City.
>
> Engine problems into Albuquerque, arrived 2:18
> late with AMTK 3 and 33.   Couldn't be fixed,
> set out the 3, replaced with AMTK 148.  Departed
> 6:47 late.

Wait a minute - back up the train....... Where did Amtrak 148 come from? Did it come from Train #3 and it proceeed west with just one unit???

The AMTK 148 came west on 3(21) which lost an hour after the station stop at ABQ setting it out.

altoonafn Wrote:
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> Another one of Amtrak Mechanical's Greatest Hits 

Yawn…

turns out it was a debris strike that mangled the air equipment under the locomotive.

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GenePoon Wrote:
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> The AMTK 148 came west on 3(21) which lost an hour
> after the station stop at ABQ setting it out.

AMTK 3 got dropped off at ABQ. 148+33 went forward

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ATSF1129 Wrote:
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> altoonafn Wrote:
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> > Another one of Amtrak Mechanical's Greatest
> Hits 
>
> Yawn…
>
> turns out it was a debris strike that mangled the
> air equipment under the locomotive.

Does that qualify as illegal freight train interference?

DevalDragon Wrote:

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> Does that qualify as illegal freight train
> interference?

Only if the train has a dining car that serves baked unicorn with a cotton candy salad.

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Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

ALCO630 Wrote:
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> DevalDragon Wrote:
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> >
> > Does that qualify as illegal freight train
> > interference?
>
> Only if the train has a dining car that serves
> baked unicorn with a cotton candy salad.

With the current status of Amtrak's catering I would say anything is possible.

amtrak did it with out bnsf loaners give them props, at first i thought they had a protect unit, could have been later