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 #1412791  by philipmartin
 
Conrail puts the River Line in the bag. Below copied from the NJT website.
"RiverLINE Service is experiencing 15 min residual delays northbound due to an earlier derailed Conrail train near Fieldsboro. Southbound service is on or close to schedule."
 #1423069  by philipmartin
 
3318, Bay Head to New York, was cancelled this morning at Middletown after hitting a deer and braking the airline assembly off the front of the ALP45. The engineer hammered a plug into the hole, so the train could move, but Amtrak wouldn't have taken it, so it went back to Long Branch for repair. Damage to trains occasionally happens when they hit deer.
 #1428473  by philipmartin
 
Friday, April 14' Transit train lost power in one of the Hudson River tunnels. It was stuck there for two or three hours with 1200 unhappy riders. Things in Penn station got exciting when Amtrak police tasered an unruly individual, and people thought that shots had been fired. Naturally a lot of them dropped their luggage and headed for the exits.
NJT announced that the problem was caused by a power failure in the overhead wire, and Amtrak says that it was caused by a defective pantograph on the train. Who'se right?

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 #1429010  by mohawkrailfan
 
There were >30 minute delays on Friday morning, the 24th. That evening there were outbound train cancellations with express trains running local to make up the stops. I saw delays on DV all weekend.

This morning there were 30 minute delays in and out of NYP.

April has been terrible.
 #1429091  by philipmartin
 
Somebody pulled the emergency cord on 3217 at Middletown this morning. The crew had the person arrested. The train lost twenty minutes.
All this info via my scanner.
Amtrak has a train broken down in New York again this morning. NJT is announcing forty-five minute delays. I would suggest banning Amtrak trains from the NEC, at least in New Jersey, due to their frequent breakdowns; but NJT trains do it too.
 #1429141  by philipmartin
 
jamesinclair wrote:I cant remember the last time 30+ minute delays werent the headline at NJTansit.com
Some of our delays are caused by Amtrak doing track work in Penn Station, New York, which seems like a good idea.
 #1429174  by jamesinclair
 
philipmartin wrote:
jamesinclair wrote:I cant remember the last time 30+ minute delays werent the headline at NJTansit.com
Some of our delays are caused by Amtrak doing track work in Penn Station, New York, which seems like a good idea.
Apparently theyre semi-permanent.
Due to ongoing Amtrak track maintenance work and track inspections leading to speed restrictions, effective immediately and continuing until further notice, NJT customers traveling to and from NYPS will experience estimated delays of 15 minutes on weekdays and 30 minutes on weekends.
Oh and Dinky is closed today.
 #1429188  by jamesinclair
 
NEC, NJCL, RVL and MidTown Direct trains are subject to up to 40-minute delays, and expected to escalate, due to Amtrak overhead wire problems between the yard and PSNY in East River Tunnel. Rail tickets/passes will be cross-honored on NJT & private carrier buses, and PATH at NPS, HOB and 33rd St.
 #1429445  by kilroy
 
File this one under future delays.
Amtrak officials on Thursday announced a "series of major track and switch renewal projects" which they say will make Penn Station "more efficient, safe and better able to serve its passengers."

The program will cost tens of million of dollars, said Amtrak CEO Charles Moorman. It comes with another price, however, by way of delays and the potential of closed tracks and canceled trains that Moorman said will mostly be confined to the summer.
Full article: http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/201 ... e-featured
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