Amtrak On-Time Performance (OTP) Delays Reroutes Annulled

Does anybody know what happened to Wolverines #'s 352 & 354 (4th):

352 dropped 5' 00" east of Niles and 354 doesn't show as operating.

shlustig wrote:Does anybody know what happened to Wolverines #'s 352 & 354 (4th):

352 dropped 5' 00" east of Niles and 354 doesn't show as operating.

354(4) operated although with some delay. As for 352, please allow a brief fair use quote from:

Investigators looking into train-SUV collision near Dowagiac that killed a 66-year-old woman

CASS COUNTY (WKZO) -- A woman is dead after her SUV was crushed and torn to pieces by an Amtrak Train near Dowagiac just before 4 p.m. Friday.

Cass County Deputies say they believe the driver; 66-year-old Barbara Schult of Middlebury misjudged the speed of the passenger train.

Witnesses told investigators that she sped around other vehicles that had stopped at the crossing at Barron Lake Road and Pokagon Highway and tried to drive around the gates.

Power problem in the NEC tonight? Lots of 'disruptions' and the juice-powered trains are showing 0 mph in the tracker. Nothing on Amtrak's website

ohioriverrailway wrote:Power problem in the NEC tonight? Lots of 'disruptions' and the juice-powered trains are showing 0 mph in the tracker. Nothing on Amtrak's website

It probably had a lot to do with this:
New Jersey Transit Train Strikes, Kills New Jersey Soccer Star


I can't seem to quote the article.

Does anybody know why #49 (7th) westbound Lake shore Limited lost 5'00" between NYP and Croton?

shlustig wrote:Does anybody know why #49 (7th) westbound Lake shore Limited lost 5'00" between NYP and Croton?

Engine 709's pistons were on the ground inside the engine room...not where they are supposed to be!

Here we go, Mr. Third Rail:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/loc ... 25871.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Does anybody know why #22 (22nd) eastbound Texas Eagle lost 12' 40" DAL to CHI?

shlustig wrote:Does anybody know why #22 (22nd) eastbound Texas Eagle lost 12' 40" DAL to CHI?

Traction failure on P42DC 97; HEP only. Long wait for UP 3826 to come to the rescue.

Well, trespasser strike by BWI right in the thick of the morning Amtrak wave has backed up the works accordingly. The Vermonter for example is only just making NYP now, with the delayed 184 and the Crescent right on its tail.

ACeInTheHole wrote:Well, trespasser strike by BWI right in the thick of the morning Amtrak wave has backed up the works accordingly. The Vermonter for example is only just making NYP now, with the delayed 184 and the Crescent right on its tail.

More details on that. The suspect in a double-shooting at a Jessup truck stop jumped in front of MARC 502 near Annapolis Road and Whitfield Chapel Road in Lanham, MD. MARC 404 rescued the passengers of 502. MARC 406 was probably already in route and ordered to go slow past the scene before police ordered the railroad traffic halted while they investigated.

Traffic resumed around 12 noon, and there was a TON of Amtrak traffic backed up.

Edit: Here's the news ref. http://www.wbal.com/article/152561/2/ma ... e-shooting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

#56 Vermonter is showing 3 hrs, 57 minutes late into White River Jct.
Good possibility that #55 on 3/29 will be late depending on crew rest
requirements at SAB.

Does anybody know why:

Eatbound Wolverine #352 (31st) lost 3' 45" between Ann Arbor and Dearborn?

and

#'s 448 & 449 (31st) lost 3' 45" and 3'00" respectively between Pittsfield and Springfield?

B&A lost time due to a wild fire in the Berkshires, I want to to say somewhere around Westfeild but Im not 100% sure.

http://blog.amtrak.com/2016/04/update-p ... -train-89/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Amtrak train #89 collided with a backhoe on the tracks south of 30th Street Station. The lead engine derailed after the collision. The blog posting says that there were 341 passengers and 7 crew members on board and that some people were injured. All service between NYC and PHL is suspended.