2243, the 5:46 MD-W, was using a set tonight that came from the MD-N as it was running west with a cab car leading. I was back at Roselle to pick someone up on it when it finally arrived about two hours late. Presumably, almost everything overnighting at Fox Lake is also backwards. Assuming a normal AM rush-hour (and that may be a bad assumption), Metra will have their work cut out for them tomorrow with probably close to a dozen sets that need to be wye'd during their service period.
Unfortunately, Metra's communications largely fell apart tonight. The real-time train tracker was horribly inaccurate (had 2243 estimated for Roselle at 6:59 when at that time, it wasn't even past A-5). And very little communications of what was running and when.
As I write this, Amtrak 8 has still not made it in although it's due "real soon". Looking at Amtrak's status map, 341, the last Hiawatha out of Chicago for the evening, is half a mile down the MD-W while 8 is north of A-5 waiting for its turn on the wye after which it will have to to back the five miles to CUS.
Unfortunately, Metra's communications largely fell apart tonight. The real-time train tracker was horribly inaccurate (had 2243 estimated for Roselle at 6:59 when at that time, it wasn't even past A-5). And very little communications of what was running and when.
As I write this, Amtrak 8 has still not made it in although it's due "real soon". Looking at Amtrak's status map, 341, the last Hiawatha out of Chicago for the evening, is half a mile down the MD-W while 8 is north of A-5 waiting for its turn on the wye after which it will have to to back the five miles to CUS.
Larry
Reno, NV (yes, I've moved)
ex-N&W Sandusky, Ohio
Reno, NV (yes, I've moved)
ex-N&W Sandusky, Ohio