by shlustig
Results for the most recent period are:
TOTAL TRAINS = 987
ON TIME = 241 (24%)
LATE = 746 (76%)
AVERAGE DELAY = 1' 01"
Only schedulled arrival times were used; no "grace" period was allowed.
Of the late trains:
298 (40%) were 29" or less late;
188 (25%) were 30" to 59" late;
160 (21%) were 1' to 2' late;
90 (12%) were more than 2' late; and
10 (1+%) had no arrival time shown.
BY ROUTE, WITH ON-TIME % AND AVERAGE DELAY:
CAPITOL LIMITED
#29 - 7% - 1' 33" #30 - 11% - 2' 23"
THREE RIVERS
#41 - 25% - 1' 05" #40 - 14% - 1' 15"
PENNSYLVANIAN
(W) - 18% - 49" (E) - 7% - 45"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED
#49 - 7% - 1' 40" #48 - 7% - 2' 03"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED (BOSTON / ALBANY)
#449 - 13% - 49" #448 - 0% - 1' 57"
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
#59 - 81% - 51" #58 - 55% - 37"
CRESCENT (WAS)
#19 - 20% - 1' 17" #20 - 73% - 1' 24"
DETROIT CORRIDOR
(W) - 16% - 44" (E) - 23% - 30"
ST. LOUIS CORRIDOR
(W) - 49% - 33" (E) - 26% - 50"
SYRACUSE CORRIDOR
(W) - 24% - 39" (E) - 16% - 1' 03"
Reduced number of trains was due to annulments caused by weather conditions and by the tunnel fire at NYP.
The best performing couplet was the City of New Orleans.
Services showing improvement in increased OTP and reduced average delay included both directions of the Capitol Limited, Pennsylvanian, St. Louis Corridor, and Syracuse Corridor; also, the northbound City of New Orleans.
Norfolk Southern is as yet unable to equalize the performance of both directions of the Crescent, and the Detroit Corridor has again failed to show improvement.
Of the trains more than 2' late, the Lake Shore Limited accounted for 33, the Capitol Limited for 18, and the Three Rivers for 9, for a total of 60 out of 90 (67%).
Of the 15 times that the westbound Capitol or Lake Shore departed Cleveland on time, NS failed to achieve a single on-time arrival at Chicago. The westbound trains failed to make their running times on 43
trips between Cleveland and Chicago, and the eastbound trains on 38 trips.
On the eastbound St. Louis Corridor, #22 Texas Eagle and #304 had a combined total of 26 dates on which they departed St. Louis on-time with 0 on-time arrivals at Chicago.
The number of trains departing their initial terminals so late that an on-time arrival at the final terminal was not possible continued to decline, with 54 in the current period.
The difference in performance of the Boston section of the Lake Shore is puzzling as there have been no significant delays in the departure of #449 from Boston, but #448 made the running time eastbound on 16 of 30 trips despite widely varying departures due to the late arrivals in Albany from Chicago.
All for this time. We will see what effects the changes in the forthcoming timetable will have in the next period.
TOTAL TRAINS = 987
ON TIME = 241 (24%)
LATE = 746 (76%)
AVERAGE DELAY = 1' 01"
Only schedulled arrival times were used; no "grace" period was allowed.
Of the late trains:
298 (40%) were 29" or less late;
188 (25%) were 30" to 59" late;
160 (21%) were 1' to 2' late;
90 (12%) were more than 2' late; and
10 (1+%) had no arrival time shown.
BY ROUTE, WITH ON-TIME % AND AVERAGE DELAY:
CAPITOL LIMITED
#29 - 7% - 1' 33" #30 - 11% - 2' 23"
THREE RIVERS
#41 - 25% - 1' 05" #40 - 14% - 1' 15"
PENNSYLVANIAN
(W) - 18% - 49" (E) - 7% - 45"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED
#49 - 7% - 1' 40" #48 - 7% - 2' 03"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED (BOSTON / ALBANY)
#449 - 13% - 49" #448 - 0% - 1' 57"
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
#59 - 81% - 51" #58 - 55% - 37"
CRESCENT (WAS)
#19 - 20% - 1' 17" #20 - 73% - 1' 24"
DETROIT CORRIDOR
(W) - 16% - 44" (E) - 23% - 30"
ST. LOUIS CORRIDOR
(W) - 49% - 33" (E) - 26% - 50"
SYRACUSE CORRIDOR
(W) - 24% - 39" (E) - 16% - 1' 03"
Reduced number of trains was due to annulments caused by weather conditions and by the tunnel fire at NYP.
The best performing couplet was the City of New Orleans.
Services showing improvement in increased OTP and reduced average delay included both directions of the Capitol Limited, Pennsylvanian, St. Louis Corridor, and Syracuse Corridor; also, the northbound City of New Orleans.
Norfolk Southern is as yet unable to equalize the performance of both directions of the Crescent, and the Detroit Corridor has again failed to show improvement.
Of the trains more than 2' late, the Lake Shore Limited accounted for 33, the Capitol Limited for 18, and the Three Rivers for 9, for a total of 60 out of 90 (67%).
Of the 15 times that the westbound Capitol or Lake Shore departed Cleveland on time, NS failed to achieve a single on-time arrival at Chicago. The westbound trains failed to make their running times on 43
trips between Cleveland and Chicago, and the eastbound trains on 38 trips.
On the eastbound St. Louis Corridor, #22 Texas Eagle and #304 had a combined total of 26 dates on which they departed St. Louis on-time with 0 on-time arrivals at Chicago.
The number of trains departing their initial terminals so late that an on-time arrival at the final terminal was not possible continued to decline, with 54 in the current period.
The difference in performance of the Boston section of the Lake Shore is puzzling as there have been no significant delays in the departure of #449 from Boston, but #448 made the running time eastbound on 16 of 30 trips despite widely varying departures due to the late arrivals in Albany from Chicago.
All for this time. We will see what effects the changes in the forthcoming timetable will have in the next period.