Passenger Trains > Fiasco in Roanoke

Overnight Roanoke-Boston #66 did not run last night because ALC-42 Charger 310 had an oil leak.  An NS unit wound up taking the equipment
to Washington.  Passengers were bused  to Washington to connect with #198 to NY, which was held 3'21" to wait for the buses.  Passengers who were
headed towards Boston would have waited  over 3 hrs in either Philadelphia or NY for #190. If Amtrak really cared about moving their passengers expeditiously,
they would have placed a unit on the rear of Roanoke train #171, which was running 1.5 hrs LT, and given it to #66 at Charlottesville.
Andy

twropr Wrote:
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> Overnight Roanoke-Boston #66 did not run last
> night because ALC-42 Charger 310 had an oil
> leak.  An NS unit wound up taking the equipment
> to Washington.  Passengers were bused  to
> Washington to connect with #198 to NY, which was
> held 3'21" to wait for the buses.  Passengers who
> were
> headed towards Boston would have waited  over 3
> hrs in either Philadelphia or NY for #190. If
> Amtrak really cared about moving their passengers
> expeditiously,
> they would have placed a unit on the rear of
> Roanoke train #171, which was running 1.5 hrs LT,
> and given it to #66 at Charlottesville.
> Andy

Assuming the Charger is inoperable would mean no HEP, right? Do you really expect Amtrak to make passengers ride in mid summer heat with no A/C from Roanoke to Charlottesville and then for NS to tie up their main line making an engine swap between 2 Amtrak trains at Charlottesville? Be realistic.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/26 09:07 by DJ-12.

twropr Wrote:
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> Overnight Roanoke-Boston #66 did not run last
> night because ALC-42 Charger 310 had an oil
> leak.  An NS unit wound up taking the equipment
> to Washington.  Passengers were bused  to
> Washington to connect with #198 to NY, which was
> held 3'21" to wait for the buses.  Passengers who
> were
> headed towards Boston would have waited  over 3
> hrs in either Philadelphia or NY for #190. If
> Amtrak really cared about moving their passengers
> expeditiously,
> they would have placed a unit on the rear of
> Roanoke train #171, which was running 1.5 hrs LT,
> and given it to #66 at Charlottesville.
> Andy

This would assume they had an extra engine in DC to give.