Amtrak On-Time Performance (OTP) Delays Reroutes Annulled

[dgvrengineer]

Looks like train 171 is dead in the water at Bealton, VA tonight (10/16).
Just heard on another site, they hit a car with a fatality. Cresent #19 also stopped now at same location.

[STrRedWolf]

Looks like train 171 is dead in the water at Bealton, VA tonight (10/16).
Just heard on another site, they hit a car with a fatality. Cresent #19 also stopped now at same location.

Cresent just arrived in Charlottesville, probably to offload some passengers rescued from 171 and try to reaccomidate. 171 will be dead for another six hours until the tracks are cleared and inspected.

[shlustig]

Does anybody know what happened to #50 (17th) estbound Cardinal; shows 3' 30" late departing CIN and nothing after that.

[quincunx]

WAND- Suspicious man causes Amtrak train to be evacuated

LINCOLN, Ill (WAND) - The Lincoln fire department says all is clear after an Amtrak train was evacuated near Lincoln Friday morning when a suspicious package was found on the train. Authorities say a bomb sniffing dog did not find any explosives.

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[Backshophoss]

Lincoln service Train # 302 was the train involved,4 other Amtrak trains were effected by the "bomb scare" on train 302.

[SouthernRailway]

Does anyone know the exact reasons why the northbound Crescent's on-time performance north of Atlanta is pretty bad? I have a trip coming up on it and didn't realize, when I booked the ticket, that the train is rarely on time, and often has huge delays. Is it due to freight congestion? If so, I see that in 2016, it was on time to the minute on and around Christmas Day; are there fewer freight trains running then, and so the Crescent would more likely be on time?

Thanks.

[east point]

Crescent delays come from various congestion problems Meridian - ATL. Too much traffic on NS and CSX often delays Crescent just west of ATL station. NS needs more 2 MT sections MEI - BHM.

[STrRedWolf]

Lots of southbound trains coming in hours late to Baltimore. Carolinian and Piedmont at least.

[mmi16]

Does anyone know the exact reasons why the northbound Crescent's on-time performance north of Atlanta is pretty bad? I have a trip coming up on it and didn't realize, when I booked the ticket, that the train is rarely on time, and often has huge delays. Is it due to freight congestion? If so, I see that in 2016, it was on time to the minute on and around Christmas Day; are there fewer freight trains running then, and so the Crescent would more likely be on time?

Thanks.

Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day - Amtrak is normally about the only trains running on the freight railroads.

[SouthernRailway]

Does anyone know the exact reasons why the northbound Crescent's on-time performance north of Atlanta is pretty bad? I have a trip coming up on it and didn't realize, when I booked the ticket, that the train is rarely on time, and often has huge delays. Is it due to freight congestion? If so, I see that in 2016, it was on time to the minute on and around Christmas Day; are there fewer freight trains running then, and so the Crescent would more likely be on time?

Thanks.

Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day - Amtrak is normally about the only trains running on the freight railroads.

Thanks; very helpful. Can I assume that on Christmas Eve, there wouldn't be much of any freight traffic, either?

I have been checking the northbound Crescent's performance from Atlanta through the Carolinas and it is consistently a few hours late. At least it's consistent, but I don't see how or why anyone between Atlanta and Virginia would bother; who wants to have to wait for a train, unexpectedly, from 11pm until 3am, for example?

[shlustig]

Does anybody know why:

Northbound #58 (31st) City of New Orleans lost 6' 10" from MEM to Newbern (was 9'48" late into CHI); and

Westbound #311 on KCY Corridor lost 3' STL to Kirkwood?

[shlustig]

Does anybody know why #304 (4th) on the eastbound STL Corridor lost 2' 30" from STL to Alton; train was 3' 10" late into CHI.

[shlustig]

Does anybody know why #355 (5th) westbound wolverine on the dET Corridor Dp. Pontiac 1' 25" late?

[ohioriverrailway]

#30 (5) lost 4 hours PGH-COV. Weather related?

[STrRedWolf]

WTH? 98 Silver from Miami was 20 Minutes *EARLY* this morning and interfered with MARC service around Odenton. What is going on over at CTEC?!?