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Date: 02/08/25 11:38
40 and 49 connections at Chicago today
Author: Chessie1963

40 took a hit due to a disabled freight, 49 hit a car, both are over 6 hours late as they push toward Chicago.  My first thought was, "Gee, folks will miss their connections west.  Then it occurred to me that we are talking Chicago.  Connections may work just fine if it is a typical Chicago day.

We shall see how it all plays out.  I do hope they hold connections just a bit for folks.



Date: 02/08/25 13:17
Re: 40 and 49 connections at Chicago today
Author: ST214

Nope, 3 and 5 are gone.

21 left also. Looks like 7 was held for the Floridian, or just got out late. The Lake Shore is still in Indiana. 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/08/25 14:10 by ST214.



Date: 02/08/25 16:10
Re: 40 and 49 connections at Chicago today
Author: DutchDragon

How many or what percentage of passengers on 40 and 49 connect to another Amtrak train on any given day?



Date: 02/08/25 16:19
Re: 40 and 49 connections at Chicago today
Author: jp1822

DutchDragon Wrote:
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> How many or what percentage of passengers on 40
> and 49 connect to another Amtrak train on any
> given day?

This would be good to know, but need to break-down by sleeper and coach class. I find that a LOT of the sleeper passengers are connecting to another train out of Chicago on inbound Floridian (Capitol Limited) and Lake Shore Limited. 



Date: 02/08/25 16:58
Re: 40 and 49 connections at Chicago today
Author: ST214

DutchDragon Wrote:
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> How many or what percentage of passengers on 40
> and 49 connect to another Amtrak train on any
> given day?

In my experience of riding 49/449, quite a few, mostly to the Builder. 



Date: 02/08/25 22:59
Re: 40 and 49 connections at Chicago today
Author: illini73

ST214 Wrote:
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> . . . Looks like 7 was held for the Floridian, or just got out late.

7 held 25 minutes "for connecting passengers", officially.  Departed Chicago 1530, 40 arrived at 1511.
7 recovered the delay by St. Paul and left there On Time.



Date: 02/09/25 09:52
Re: 40 and 49 connections at Chicago today
Author: joemvcnj

Do they still have a rule of thumb criteria for holding connections of 1 minute per 2 passengers ? 



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