by HammerJack
EricL wrote: I do wish they would do something about 2133/2231 though. The latter leaves two minutes behind the former, both go out main 1, but 2133 almost always loses time getting out of the station (waiting for late pax... waiting for inbound DH equip... maybe they're blue flagged until the last minute? I dunno, it seems like it's always SOMETHING) and then so the first five minutes of 2231's trip pretty much just consists of creeping along/stoppingLooking at the schedules, there really isn't much they can do about these trains. Track 2 obviously is not an option since it is used by the parade of deadheads from Western Ave. Yard. Track 3 isn't an option since it is being used by MD-W train 2242. Pushing up 2131's departure would solve nothing as it would be running on 2129's yellows all the way until Morton Grove. Pushing back 2133's departure isn't an option either because of that Amtrak train that leaves at 5.08. It is only 6 minutes behind 2133 at Glenview, so a later departure of 2133 would just delay it. The Amtrak is the reason for the 14 minute gap in MD-N trains out of CUS. So I'm not too sure if Metra has any options when it comes to these two trains... Maybe combine them into one local to Fox Lake? That doesn't sound too appealing though... Anyone have any ideas how to solve this?