ohioriverrailway wrote:Here's something to look forward to tomorrow:
SERVICE ADVISORY: Sunday April 14 Pennsylvanian Train 42 departing Pittsburgh (PGH) on 4/14 will stop between Altoona (ALT) and Lewistown (LEW) for approximately 2 hrs for track work. (43 also)
Wonder why they don't hold them at the respective stations for part of that so folks could get off the trains?
Between ATL and LEW... I know these stations are on a single track of a two-or-more track setup. So what interlocks are between ATL and LEW...
- CP WORKS, which looks like is a full crossover...
- CP ANTIS, which is a full crossover...
- CP-GRAY, another full crossover before Tyrone...
- CP-TUNNEL, a full crossover...
- CP-HUNT, at the same place as Huntington...
- CP-JACKS
- CP-McVEY
- CP-LONG
- CP-LEWIS, at the same place as Lewistown.
There's too many places where the trains can cross over, slow crawl through the work area, then go. So stopping for two hours for both trains to take a hit makes no sense... unless they're working on an interlock in totality.
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SERVICE ADVISORY: Sunday April 14 Pennsylvanian Train 42 departing Pittsburgh (PGH) on 4/14 will stop between Altoona (ALT) and Lewistown (LEW) for approximately 2 hrs for track work.
SERVICE ADVISORY: Sunday April 14 Pennsylvanian Train 43 departing New York (NYP) on 4/14 will stop between Harrisburg (HAR) and Lewistown (LEW) for approximately 2 hrs for track work.
That makes more sense. Norfolk Southern is working on CP LEWIS this Sunday. This means they have to pin the switch down to a track, and have CP-LONG and CP-MIFFLIN take up track switch duties, and there's probably going to be freight interference (thus the delay for up to two hours in both directions).
Well, at least Amtrak was warned about it in advance.