Passenger Trains > Train #4(1) Mechanical Failure

Southwest Chief #4 departing Los Angeles on 9/1 spent two hours each in Winslow, AZ; Gallup, NM and Albuquerque due to "mechanical issues".  Now on the move 8 hours late.  Apparently a freight engine (BNSF 5362) was added at Winslow.  Original power was 175 and 190.  There may have been another engine change at Albuquerque - it's hard to tell from the euphemistic and somewhat cryptic Amtrak delay reports, but #3(1) had some equipment "removed from the trainset" and #4(1) had "an engine added to the trainset" about two hours later.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/02/24 20:34 by illini73.

The BNSF motor was removed at Albuquerque and replaced with Amtrak 60.

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And then #3 added a BNSF motor at Winslow!  Spreading the pumpkin love!

Actually, that was a pretty smart move for Amtrak/BNSF to do, all considering...... However, zero mechanical failure would be even better.........

jp1822 Wrote:
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> Actually, that was a pretty smart move for
> Amtrak/BNSF to do, all considering...... However,
> zero mechanical failure would be even
> better.........

And BNSF did it by handing them two useless motors.