Noticed/Questioned Major Delays, Annulments, Reroutes

#30 (31) shows disruption Chi-Pgh and cancelled Pgh - Was. Does that mean no substitute bus service, or????? And what accommodations do they make for the riders when they decide to not run a scheduled train?

ohioriverrailway wrote:50 (30th) shows a disruption at Cinci; wonder if that is related to the previous coupler post? 29 (31st) is 'disrupted' before leaving DC this afternoon.

29 (31) picked up an ITCS lead unit in Toledo set off by 48(31) and detoured via Dearborn and the AML to Kalamazoo and on into Chicago

Amtrak 5 (of 9/5) reportedly into Salt Lake City appx. 26 hours late.
Problem seems to have occurred after Provo, whatever it was.
Is train being annulled at SLC?

#5(05) shows arrival at Davis CA at 3:31p(36 min Late)arrival at Emeryville CA at 4:41p(32 min Late)
per Dixieland site script.

Sorry, Backshophoss. This is what i was referring to. See entry for SLC. Maybe a system glitch?

* Train 5 of 09/05/2014.
* California Zephyr
* +---------------- Station code
* | +----------- Schedule Arrival Day
* | | +-------- Schedule Arrival time
* | | | +----- Schedule Departure Day
* | | | | +-- Schedule Departure Time
* | | | | | +------------- Actual Arrival Time
* | | | | | | +------- Actual Departure Time
* | | | | | | | +- Comments
* V V V V V V V V
* CHI * * 1 200P * 220P Departed: 20 minutes late.
* NPV * * 1 234P * 302P Departed: 28 minutes late.
* PCT * * 1 344P * 414P Departed: 30 minutes late.
* GBB * * 1 438P * 518P Departed: 40 minutes late.
* BRL * * 1 525P * 610P Departed: 45 minutes late.
* MTP * * 1 559P * 639P Departed: 40 minutes late.
* OTM 1 643P 1 653P 719P 731P Departed: 38 minutes late.
* OSC * * 1 809P * 903P Departed: 54 minutes late.
* CRN * * 1 841P * 944P Departed: 1 hour and 3 minutes late.
* OMA 1 1055P 1 1105P 1143P 1208A Departed: 1 hour and 3 minutes late.
* LNK 2 1208A 2 1214A 131A 213A Departed: 1 hour and 59 minutes late.
* HAS * * 2 147A * 421A Departed: 2 hours and 34 minutes late.
* HLD * * 2 234A * 518A Departed: 2 hours and 44 minutes late.
* MCK * * 2 343A * 632A Departed: 2 hours and 49 minutes late.
* FMG * * 2 505A * 805A Departed: 3 hours late.
* DEN 2 715A 2 805A 934A 1013A Departed: 2 hours and 8 minutes late.
* WIP * * 2 1007A * 106P Departed: 2 hours and 59 minutes late.
* GRA * * 2 1037A * 131P Departed: 2 hours and 54 minutes late.
* GSC * * 2 153P * 513P Departed: 3 hours and 20 minutes late.
* GJT 2 357P 2 410P 657P 709P Departed: 2 hours and 59 minutes late.
* GRI * * 2 558P * 858P Departed: 3 hours late.
* HER * * 2 720P * 1015P Departed: 2 hours and 55 minutes late.
* PRO * * 2 926P * 1230A Departed: 3 hours and 4 minutes late.
SLC 2 1105P 2 1130P 125A Arrived: 26 hours and 22 minutes late. <------------------------------HERE!
* ELK * * 3 303A * 509A Departed: 2 hours and 6 minutes late.
* WNN * * 3 540A * 732A Departed: 1 hour and 52 minutes late.
* RNO * * 3 836A * 1025A Departed: 1 hour and 49 minutes late.
* TRU * * 3 937A * 1123A Departed: 1 hour and 46 minutes late.
* COX * * 3 1148A * 134P Departed: 1 hour and 46 minutes late.
RSV 3 1255P 3 1257P 234P Arrived: 1 hour and 41 minutes late.
SAC 3 213P 3 225P 300P Arrived: 42 minutes late.
* DAV 3 244P 3 246P 321P 322P Departed: 36 minutes late.
* MTZ * * 3 332P * 405P Departed: 33 minutes late.
* RIC * * 3 359P * 431P Departed: 32 minutes late.
* EMY 3 410P * * 441P * Arrived: 31 minutes late.

Mike

Looks like today's eastbound #5(of the 6th) into Omaha has had a rough time. It's almost 9 hours late into Omaha today. Anybody knows what happened?

That looks like a glitch caused by the train being due just before midnight and arriving after midnight - somehow 24 hours got added to the actual delay of 2h22m.

Metra74 wrote:Looks like today's eastbound #5(of the 6th) into Omaha has had a rough time. It's almost 9 hours late into Omaha today. Anybody knows what happened?

I meant #6 into Omaha today. The Zephyr has had a rough summer this year.

Saw that 26 hour late entry when the map was pulled up,but was deleted after refreshing the map 2 hours later,
same with the script for train 5(05) y-day,bad entry by somebody at SLC?

Tuesday night, Sept. 9th, I was in Charlotte NC with my wife, ticketed back to New York on No. 20 the Crescent. As per the Amtrak status board, after leaving New Orleans on time somewhere between Meridian MS and Tuscaloosa AL No. 20 got stabbed for an hour's delay. By Greenville SC it was starting to recover time. We departed Charlotte about 20 minutes late at 2:06 AM. I knew right away they were trying to make up time because the engineer left town in a hurry!

The next morning, Sept. 10th, we went into Washington ahead of schedule. No. 20 is a "Discharge-only" train from there (actually Alexandria) north and we continued to make up time. We departed Philadelphia more than 10 minutes early and were 20 minutes ahead by Newark. We arrived NYP about 1:24 PM, a full 22 minutes ahead of schedule. I thought Amtrak did an excellent job, I was very happy with the performance and I enjoyed the ride. I would do it again without hesitation.

At Washington I watched the car knockers cut off our three Gennies (no wonder our 8-car train took off like a rocket from Charlotte!) 153, 202 and 14. (153 and 202 were coupled end-to-end and 202 and 14 were coupled nose to end with 14 facing south.) Below is a cell phone photo I took as they coupled Toaster 934 onto the train on the lower level tracks at Washington Union Station.



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Does anybody know why #311 (13th) Dp. STL 4' 10" late?

Tommy Meehan wrote:Tuesday night, Sept. 9th, I was in Charlotte NC with my wife, ticketed back to New York on No. 20 the Crescent. As per the Amtrak status board, after leaving New Orleans on time somewhere between Meridian MS and Tuscaloosa AL No. 20 got stabbed for an hour's delay. By Greenville SC it was starting to recover time. We departed Charlotte about 20 minutes late at 2:06 AM. I knew right away they were trying to make up time because the engineer left town in a hurry!

The next morning, Sept. 10th, we went into Washington ahead of schedule. No. 20 is a "Discharge-only" train from there (actually Alexandria) north and we continued to make up time. We departed Philadelphia more than 10 minutes early and were 20 minutes ahead by Newark. We arrived NYP about 1:24 PM, a full 22 minutes ahead of schedule. I thought Amtrak did an excellent job, I was very happy with the performance and I enjoyed the ride. I would do it again without hesitation.

One can say what they will about the NS, but speaking for my own former territory, the Washington District will try their best to part the Red Sea for 19 and 20

cobra30689 wrote:One can say what they will about the NS, but speaking for my own former territory, the Washington District will try their best to part the Red Sea for 19 and 20

NS did a great job to get us back on-time. The next morning as we were nearing Manassas VA a passenger expressed surprise to the conductor that we were just about back on OT. The conductor replied, "Sometimes, especially if there's not a lot going on, miracles do happen."

Amtrak performed admirably north of Washington too, not only keeping us on schedule but getting us into Penn Station New York ahead of schedule. That was very cool!

The corridor is messy this morning...
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentSe ... 1626752883

Here are a few more details:

Update: Amtrak Service Remains Suspended Between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia
Service disruption due to Catenary pole, downed wires on track
Sept. 16, 2014 7:40 a.m. ET
Amtrak Acela Express and Northeast Regional remains suspended between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia this morning as a result of a Catenary pole and downed wires on tracks, caused by a Norfolk Southern freight train, on the Northeast Corridor.
Service is operating between Philadelphia, New York and Boston.The Keystone Service is operating as normal between Harrisburg, Pa., Philadelphia and New York. Limited service is operating between New York, Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del.
Engineering crews are working to rectify the problem as quickly and safely as possible. There is no estimate for service restoration as this time.

From http://mta.maryland.gov/advisories/penn ... update-7-0

Penn Line Service Disruption UPDATE #7
Penn North trains for this afternoon will either originate or terminate at Edgewood station. Amtrak is working to make repairs to damaged catenary between Perryville and Aberdeen as soon as possible. Updates will continue as information is made available.