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They are showing regular service today, Saturday, on all lines except the New Canaan Branch "due to weather related issues." Buses continue to substitute for trains because of trees and utility lines down on the tracks. Below is a screen cap of the online Grand Central Terminal departure p...

I didn't take note of the time, but a couple of sets of C-3's with DM/DE-30's, passengers aboard made station stops at Farmingdale... Was this last night? Service has been restored today, kind of. [see status below] The "Delays" on the Ronkonkoma line is explained as only involving the tr...

Here's Metro-North's status from their website:

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That makes sense.

Btw, as of 11:35 PM tonight (03/02/2018) the situation is improving at least on the electric lines running to South Shore areas.

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Backshophoss wrote:Did Shore line East also shutdown with Amtrak?

This is one of LIRR's announcements regarding the suspension of service on the Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson, and Ronkonkoma lines. Posted: 03/02/2018 8:01PM - Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson, & Ronkonkoma service remains suspended until further notice as a result of a fallen PSEGLI pole across the trac...

[W]hen signal suspensions are in effect and a switch has been reported relined for a main track, the next train or locomotive to pass the location must approach the switch location at restricted speed.

The best I could find was that it depends on the exact wording of the agreements passenger service providers -- commuter agencies in addition to Amtrak -- have with freight railroads on whose tracks the passenger providers operate. In many cases the freight railroads are specifically indemnified aga...

I'm basing my opinion on news articles I've recently read and I think one of the most informative was on Fox News dot com. Link to Fox The AP was unable to find an instance where the railroad has brought such a claim against a freight railroad since the 1987 Chase, Md., disaster. The AP also asked A...

CSX is already being sued by the widow of the Amtrak conductor, Michael Cella, who lost his life in the collision. Christine Cella, whose husband, Michael Cella, died along with 54-year-old engineer Michael Kempf of Savannah, Ga., also sued CSX Transportation as well as Amtrak for negligence in a 14...

I think the arrangement Amtrak has is fairly standard in the railroad business. My understanding is, freight railroads that gain operating rights on host roads also usually have a 'no fault' agreement with the owning road. That the 'non-owning' railroad is responsible for costs, claims and damages a...

I just happened to see this news report literally a few minutes ago. It was put up on a Fox News site this morning: Amtrak's ability to offer national rail service is governed by separately negotiated track usage agreements with 30 different railroads. All the deals share a common trait: They're &qu...

I think the reality is, whenever there are fatalities the local law enforcement agency has to investigate, too. Even if it seems obvious that the deaths were the result of an accident -- no criminal intent -- if lives are lost they have to make that official determination. The derailment in North Ph...

would you like find a link to word " probably " Okay so I guess you mean you were inferring from the FBI entering the investigation, that it meant the CSX crew or crew member swore they had lined and locked the siding switch back to the main track position. Judging by some of the reaction...

The FBI involvement probably has to do with crew member swearing that he lined switch for main... Is there a link to a report you can provide? I've looked at the NTSB website and the local Columbia So. Car. news, can't find anything about freight crew swearing they properly lined switch to main tra...