by FatNoah
With track reconstruction work at Albany station,Amtrak is not able to switch off the Boston section,I experienced the fixed consist (baggage, lounge, 2 coaches) going to/from Chicago on 8/6 and 8/10. Heading to Chicago we were delayed at Albany by a couple hours. First cause was late arrival of NY section due to it being held at NYP to allow delayed pax to make connections. Once at Albany, it pulled into the station to let coach passengers board and then had to wait over 45 minutes to back up to allow slepper passengers to board. This delay was caused by the arrival of several other trains during that time period. Albany was a busy little station for a while!
there' supposed to be a fixed consist of Biz class and Coaches shuttling between Albany-Boston.