#8 (1) is 11 hrs late

[ParanoidAndroid]

#8 (1) is 11 hrs late in eastern ND and the extremely optimistic *estimate* for #8 is that it will get into Chicago at 12:50am. It will miss connections with #30, #48, #50, and all Michigan services & Illinois services.

In addition, #58 (2) is 6 hrs late and the estimate for Chicago is 5.5 hrs late.

Nice start to the year!

Any reasons? Thanks.

 

[west point]

Suspect weather that either delayed 8 or delayed a freight that was on single track. Just for information Canadian #2 is over 12 hours late going toward Toronto. It also has a schedule make up at Winnipeg time of 4+ hours. VIA is also having schedule problems.

 

[willem]

A lounge attendant, apparently reading from an Amtrak server, told me "frozen switches" was a primary cause.

 

[KmH]

#8 (1) is 11 hrs late in eastern ND . . .

. . . Any reasons? Thanks.

Winter weather is a likely candidate this time of year be it snow, cold, or both.

Plunging temperatures over the last 12 hours is affecting a lot of things north of Interstate 80.

The #5 and #6 may have problems in the Rockies or even in California in the vicinity of Donner Pass.

Heck, the #3 and #4 could even have problems with Glorieta Pass and Raton Pass.

 

[TriumphGuy]

#8 arrived in Chicago 2:53am.

 

[ParanoidAndroid]

Nice how the icon shows Chicago as a quaint track-side station . . .

 

[grover5995]

Clearly there needs to be an additional train between Chicago and Minneapolis. Since additional equipment is hard to find, maybe Siemens could build a couple extra Brightline train sets for the Midwest.