Southwest Chief discussion Q4 2023 - 2024

[west point]

New derailment of freight near Dodge. Amtrak again continues its down grade of the SW Chief by returning passengers back to origin. Another way to implement Anderson's bus??? Certainly will cause some potential riders to not book SW Chief.

From Dixieland

05/15/24 1:28am EDT
_ Train Obstruction Update/Service Cancelation: Due to a lengthy
_ delay resulting from a freight train derailment at Dodge
_ City (DDG) Southwest Chief Train 4 which departed Los Angeles
_ (LAX) on 5/13 will terminate in La Junta (LAJ) with passengers
_ being taken back to their origin points. We apologize for
_ the inconvenience. detailedMessage: Train Obstruction Update/Service
_ Cancelation: Due to a lengthy delay resulting from a freight
_ train derailment at Dodge City (DDG) Southwest Chief Train
_ 4 which departed Los Angeles (LAX) on 5/13 will terminate
_ in La Junta (LAJ) with passengers being taken back to their
_ origin points. We apologize for the inconvenience.

 

[alanh]

The trains are being turned at La Junta and Kansas City, which is why the tracker is showing #3 on time again - it's actually the #4 that turned at La Junta.

No alternative transportation is being provided so passengers can either ride back to their origin or find their own way.

 

[lordsigma]

New derailment of freight near Dodge. Amtrak again continues its down grade of the SW Chief by returning passengers back to origin. Another way to implement Anderson's bus???

Huh? A whole lot of assumptions being made there. Securing alternative bus transportation has not been as much of a sure thing since the pandemic.

 

[Eric in East County]

New derailment of freight near Dodge. Amtrak again continues its down grade of the SW Chief by returning passengers back to origin. Another way to implement Anderson's bus??? Certainly will cause some potential riders to not book SW Chief.

From Dixieland

05/15/24 1:28am EDT
_ Train Obstruction Update/Service Cancelation: Due to a lengthy
_ delay resulting from a freight train derailment at Dodge
_ City (DDG) Southwest Chief Train 4 which departed Los Angeles
_ (LAX) on 5/13 will terminate in La Junta (LAJ) with passengers
_ being taken back to their origin points. We apologize for
_ the inconvenience. detailedMessage: Train Obstruction Update/Service
_ Cancelation: Due to a lengthy delay resulting from a freight
_ train derailment at Dodge City (DDG) Southwest Chief Train
_ 4 which departed Los Angeles (LAX) on 5/13 will terminate
_ in La Junta (LAJ) with passengers being taken back to their
_ origin points. We apologize for the inconvenience.

While one would hesitate to suggest that Amtrak would engage in deliberate mendacity, the train status page shows SWC No. 3 departing from Chicago today (May 15) as scheduled and continuing through to Los Angeles with no service disruptions. (I must assume that the derailment in Dodge City has been cleared and the tracks are now open again.)