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Some news is starting to trickle in: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19018054/amtrak-southwest-train-derailment-missouri/

TO picked it up - "yeah, it's bad". Nothing in the news channels yet.

A friend of mine who works in Amtrak ops said #4 hit a truck and I see 4 (25) is now in Service Disruption, 81 miles east of Kansas City. He said it may be a bad one. A story to follow for sure.

I discovered the overnight WAS - BOS service (65 / 66 / 67) is scheduled to start running again on Monday, July 11. I have been checking Amtrak's reservation system and it appeared today. I hope it doesn't get pushed back as I will be taking it in early August. If I missed this announcement...

Hi all, asm.transitdocs.com is not my site, I'm juckins.net/asmad I know there is a contact email address on asm.transitdocs.com for reaching out to the developer. As Neroden said, many glitches are due to the source data having issues but we are all eager to get a better-supported public...

I have been working on it and learning Github at the same time. I do need the latest/fixed GTFS data and I will ask Neroden a few questions on the side about the config files that are used in creating the timetables. I did check what I could for the LD routes and they are basically correct on...

It was good to watch...the funniest part I found was on Day 6 at 4:10 on the timeline when Oberman was asking the rail modeling witness about "operational changes" that the freight RRs could make to avoid interfering with the passenger trains (like, running the freights earlier or later, etc)...

If Amtrak sells you a ticket that includes your bike, they need to figure out how to accommodate it, and it shouldn't depend on the mood of a particular conductor. I'm a cyclist and I would be livid if they refused to take my bike after buying a ticket. How did the story end for you? Could you...

I believe Neroden is working with RPA to put the completed timetables (when they are ready) on their website. I plan to add them to my running timetable archives, as well.

Here is the specific URL for finding data about #27 arriving in Portland, since Jan 1 of this year: ASMAD - Amtrak Status Maps Archive Database - Train History Search I hope it's helpful.

You are welcome - in fact I just used it to determine that The Night Owl (65/66/67) is not running between Boston and Washington right now. For some reason I thought that one was still going.

I think your work is amazing. It would be awesome if Amtrak's IT department could take your setup and run with it. Regardless, I think you should release the timetables to RPA so people can effectively plan travel. Of course I will then add them to my timetable archives for safekeeping. 😊...

Hello, I am curious about the issue cutting and pasting from ASMAD tables? I highlight the table rows I want and can CTRL-C, CTRL-V into Open Office (or Excel or Google Spreadsheets.) Does it not work for you?

Wow, a lot of RPA bashing. For the record, it takes a lot of money to run an advocacy organization with a local office in DC. I do read the RPA Hotline every week and there is only a handful of staff trying to turn the massive ship of Amtrak (and Congress) incompetence. If RPA did not exist do...

Yep! We still have our tix for a dome car and are looking forward to this trip. Hopefully there will be no further postponements.

Wow, that looks amazing! You've done an incredible job given your limited time and health challenges at home, too (I hope your partner is feeling much better now). Can you contact RPA to see if they have a way to formally present this to Amtrak? I have emailed RPA to update a TT or two on their...

Can we get the GTFS data from Google or do they hide it?

@neroden Regarding the GTFS data, several of the hobby programmers that run Amtrak Status Maps, ASM Transit Docs, and ASMAD have wanted reliable GTFS data for a long time. Do I understand correctly that the backend data that runs Amtrak/VIA Live Map today is in fact using Amtrak's own...

I download the live train data from Amtrak every 5 minutes for ASMAD and I have had the same problem for weeks. So it is not just a transitdocs issue. Amtrak likely has a few web servers or load balancers serving the same train data content, but one or more of the servers is out of sync. When...

That's a very good question! I assume yes since Amtrak did not get you to your destination. But someone here must have experienced that and can verify.