Passenger Trains > Bad day in LA

Yesterday's Coast Starlight arrived at 12:40 PM today, and the westbound Sunset has probably just now crossed into California. Even today's Southwest Chief arrived 3 hours and 14 minutes late.

Apparently they are going to use the Starlight's equipment that arrived today (yesterday's train) as today's #14, so that train could not leave until the southbound train arrived and was cleaned.

They should have anulled today's #14 to allow catch-up. Northbound #14 will already be 5 hours late out of LA, why bother, as it is just going to get into Seattle at some ridiculous hour and produce more of a snowball affect. Allow things to catch up - as much as possible in terms of terminal departures.

Here's No 11 arriving in LA today. Looked empty. We'll see what time #14 leaves.

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That train would have arrived at LAUPT over four hours late had it been SP's overnight "Lark" or Amtrak's overnight "Spirit of California!"

No, #14 will not be 5 hours late out of L.A.

More like 8 hours, as it now has an estimate of 6:30 -- yeah right, like they will let #14 leave during the Metrolink rush hours.

Probably more like 8:00 pm.

rms492 Wrote:
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> No, #14 will not be 5 hours late out of L.A.
>
> More like 8 hours, as it now has an estimate of
> 6:30 -- yeah right, like they will let #14 leave
> during the Metrolink rush hours.
>
> Probably more like 8:00 pm.
>
>

Well the metrolink rush up the coastline is all outbound, same as Starlight..shouldn't be a problem, except for all the stopped Metro trains at various stations...

How about a daytime trip up the Sacramento Valley and Canyon on this late No. 14?

Train 14 the Starlight will assume schedule of the Shasta Daylight from Oakland to Portland.

mundo Wrote:
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> Train 14 the Starlight will assume schedule of the
> Shasta Daylight from Oakland to Portland.

Wanna bet? They will lose so much more time, they may regain there own schedule(only a day late).