by Ken W2KB
electricron wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:28 pm Other modes of transportation; air, roads, and sea; almost always have a detour route that can be used on short notice, but not Amtrak. Setting up detour routes often takes Amtrak more time to qualify engineers and conductors on the detour routes than it takes the host railroad to repair the routes Amtrak usually uses.Rather than qualifying its own employees, could Amtrak not utilize the detour route's qualified engineers and conductors as pilots to directly supervise their Amtrak counterparts?
Of course, since Amtrak has cancelled the trains through the damaged area entirely, the trains will not be considered late.
~Ken :: Fairmont ex-UP/MP C436 MT-14M1 ::
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