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Passenger Trains > Hiawatha WoesDate: 08/01/22 17:48 Hiawatha Woes Author: sethamtrak 336 broke down (mechanical issues) and got into Chicago at around 4:15pm, exactly one hour after it shouod left northbound as 337. 337 out of Chicago 19:30. 30 mins before it should've left as train 341. So super late 340, and super late 341.
 Date: 08/01/22 18:56 Re: Hiawatha Woes Author: TAW sethamtrak Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 336 broke down (mechanical issues) and got into > Chicago at around 4:15pm, exactly one hour after > it shouod left northbound as 337. 337 out of > Chicago 19:30. 30 mins before it should've left as > train 341. So super late 340, and super late > 341. 4h15ml on a 90 mile trip. Kind of like going on a three hour tour? TAW Date: 08/01/22 19:14 Re: Hiawatha Woes Author: cutboy1958 And of course th question is WHY!!??
Date: 08/02/22 04:33 Re: Hiawatha Woes Author: mp51w If Amtrak had enough cars and locomotives, they could put together a replacement train set out of the yard,
and avoid this cascading effect of one late train making all the other following trains late. Date: 08/02/22 08:11 Re: Hiawatha Woes Author: SANSR "Kind of like going on a three hour tour?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If the Professor could just about fabricate a fusion reactor from coconuts and driftwood, seems llike he would be the perfect appointee to Beech Grove and all of the Amtrak equipment therein waiting for repair......................... Date: 08/03/22 04:53 Re: Hiawatha Woes Author: joemvcnj How many of the 34 Charger locos are awaiting repairs today ?
Date: 08/04/22 02:36 Re: Hiawatha Woes Author: Drknow Modern North American Railroading. Rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship for 40 years.
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