Passenger Trains > Cardinal at Maysville

Train 50 appears to be spending some extra time enjoying the station stop at Maysville, KY.  The train was 43 minutes down at Cincy, and arrived Maysville 2:10 late, where it remains stopped.

By way of an update, the tracker now shows no stops after Maysville today for #50.  So I am thinking that the train is done for this trip.  At least that is what Amtrak seems to be messaging. 

Does anyone know the scoop?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/26 06:14 by Chessie1963.

A similar situation appears in Utah, with #5 stopped while a mechanical team is on its way to "further evaluate" the "concern."
 

It is now showing as 'cancelled' on Dixieland tracker, with Cincinnati as the last stop. No reason is given. 

Hit a tree west of Maysville.  Shattered windshield.  Look for a CSX leader and/or busses for the passengers.  Neither are near Maysville.

Tyler

Thanks for that update!  I did rewind the Glendale, OH camera to check out the train.  It seems to have had a third coach this morning.

Tyler4steam Wrote:
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> Hit a tree west of Maysville.  Shattered
> windshield.  Look for a CSX leader and/or busses
> for the passengers.  Neither are near Maysville.
>
> Tyler

Looks like 51 is headed west.  I wonder if Amtrak has added a second locomotive to 51 it can be used to forward 50s equipment to NYC?  That would be logical, so...

Chessie1963 Wrote:
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> Looks like 51 is headed west.  I wonder if Amtrak
> has added a second locomotive to 51 it can be used
> to forward 50s equipment to NYC?  That would be
> logical, so...

Logic and Amtrak are like oil and water - come now.....

Chessie1963 Wrote:
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> A similar situation appears in Utah, with #5
> stopped while a mechanical team is on its way to
> "further evaluate" the "concern."
>  

Train #50 (7) is off the map now and cancelled. 

Train #5 (6) appears that it got a locomotive off of the eastbound CA Zephyr (Train 1006) so it could continue on, as it has now resumed service and is hitting speeds of 80 mph across western Utah and eastern Nevada. Eastbound #1006 (7) had a more extensive delay in St. Lake City - despite coming in on-time - to re-arrange some railroad equipment!!!

Chessie1963 Wrote:
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> Thanks for that update!  I did rewind the
> Glendale, OH camera to check out the train.  It
> seems to have had a third coach this morning.
>
> Tyler4steam Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Hit a tree west of Maysville.  Shattered
> > windshield.  Look for a CSX leader and/or
> busses
> > for the passengers.  Neither are near
> Maysville.
> >
> > Tyler

This is happening way too often. Because the railroads are too cheap to keep their right of ways cleared like they used to. Look at photographs of railroads taken in the 1950s versus the same spot today. The difference is shocking. And the railroad had already been there for nearly 100 years so the trees had plenty of time to grow before then.

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The Cardinal seems to hit tree branches more than any other train I'm aware of. I personally experienced three delays do to hitting branches. This seems to occur most between Charlottesville and White Sulfur Springs. I've noticed that the right of way doesn't appeared to be well maintained in that stretch of tracks. 

Cardinal13 Wrote:
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> The Cardinal seems to hit tree branches more than
> any other train I'm aware of. I personally
> experienced three delays do to hitting branches.
> This seems to occur most between Charlottesville
> and White Sulfur Springs. I've noticed that the
> right of way doesn't appeared to be well
> maintained in that stretch of tracks. 

Isn't that the stretch that is owned by a non-Class I railroad - e.g. Buckingham Branch RR? I am sure they are hard pressed to use capital dollars around their system to maintain their lines. I know CSX goes back and forth of selling lines to non-Class I railroads and then working to buy them back or at least have a lucrative deal to still use the ROW. Yes, the non-Class I railroad gets the "rent" in simple terms, but they still have to watch their overall capital expenses. Maybe Amtrak should work on a specific "grant" to help out mutual ROW maintenance/clearance. They pay ransoms to increase frequencies, but there's still the same basic routes to keep operational. 

The Buckingham Branch does fine due to a lot of CSX traffic, largely empty coal and grain trains heading back west from the east.  In addition, the line is now owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia as far as Clifton Forge, where the Cardinal gets back onto CSX owned rails.  I ride the Cardinal every year or two, and based on my observations, the line is in the best shape it has been in for a decade.  I have not really observed the tree trimming situation, so I cannot speak to that, but the track and roadbed seems solid again, after some years of CSX deferred maintenance.

 

alan2955 Wrote:
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> Chessie1963 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Thanks for that update!  I did rewind the
> > Glendale, OH camera to check out the train.
>  It
> > seems to have had a third coach this morning.
> >
> > Tyler4steam Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Hit a tree west of Maysville.  Shattered
> > > windshield.  Look for a CSX leader and/or
> > busses
> > > for the passengers.  Neither are near
> > Maysville.
> > >
> > > Tyler
>
> This is happening way too often. Because the
> railroads are too cheap to keep their right of
> ways cleared like they used to. Look at
> photographs of railroads taken in the 1950s versus
> the same spot today. The difference is shocking.
> And the railroad had already been there for nearly
> 100 years so the trees had plenty of time to grow
> before then.
>
> Posted from iPhone

Was the tree that fell on railroad property? They can't do anything about trees that are not on RR property.

alan2955 Wrote:
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> Chessie1963 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Thanks for that update!  I did rewind the
> > Glendale, OH camera to check out the train.
>  It
> > seems to have had a third coach this morning.
> >
> > Tyler4steam Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Hit a tree west of Maysville.  Shattered
> > > windshield.  Look for a CSX leader and/or
> > busses
> > > for the passengers.  Neither are near
> > Maysville.
> > >
> > > Tyler
>
> This is happening way too often. Because the
> railroads are too cheap to keep their right of
> ways cleared like they used to. Look at
> photographs of railroads taken in the 1950s versus
> the same spot today. The difference is shocking.
> And the railroad had already been there for nearly
> 100 years so the trees had plenty of time to grow
> before then.
>
> Posted from iPhone

It has often been said that the high volume of steam locomotive exhaust and subsequent collection of cinders prevented vegetation growth along busy rail lines. It seems to make sense, but I'm not sure i believe it. It should be noted that communication lines that paralleled the tracks needed to be kept clear of vegetation, but that would normally only cover 1 side of the tracks

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