If they are old news they continue to be "new" old news. They've been happening for well over three months now on a daily basis. We've had a hot summer but not record breaking and anyway it's been going on since well before summer. As I opined before, Amtrak's LD network cannot be sustained with performances like this. It's demise will make most other topics discussed here moot.
Even the NEC is tasking heat delays. As well the hear restrictionsare not uniform.Some track is at a higher neutral temp than others. Then you have the PRR style CAT that has different speed restrictions at differntpoints. It is all a matter of what the local temp is . Different temps different allowed max speeds.
Since joining AU back in 2016, we have become much more aware of the less-than-stellar on-time performance record of Amtrak’s long-distance trains. We have also seen first-hand how a LD trip where everything is going fine can quickly fall apart due to the weather or because of human or structural failure. (2022 seems to have had more than its share of LD trains arriving late as a result of mischance or the elements.)
That is terroristic behavior, making the crew think there were people involved. Sick people to do this.
No, it was just a prank, probably by some kids. A stupid prank, but a prank nonetheless.
Summer it's 6 degrees above the average, Fall wet leaves on the tracks, Winter cold and snow, Spring wind and rain. BTW, 91 Silver Star was over 3 hours late arriving in Miami yesterday.
Sadly, that's normal these days.
That's my point. How can Amtrak continue without providing reliable trains? It can't. These past three months have been horrific.
Well, timekeeping has been quite unreliable since at least the early 1990s. There was a multiple year long period in the 2000s that Starlight was routinely 8-14 hours late nearly every day. There was also about 3 years more recently during the height of the Bakken oil boom that the Empire Builder would also be frequently 8-12 hours late.
thanks, I was curious how you go from on time to 8 hours late one stop later
I just Googled up today's #22 and it's not being Shown on Amtraks Trak-a-Train Map at all!!!??
Sitting at LVW, patiently waiting on 22. Should be here in about 30 minutes. Another lesson learned. If your train is delayed to LVW, get your checked luggage here early early. We got here at 7:30 and no one here to check it.
I asked an Amtrak phone agent, and they said the checked luggage cut-off is 30 or 45 minutes before the scheduled departure, not the actual departure, no matter how late the train may be.
Happy to see that #22 made up some time after the Metroplex, but surprised about there not being anyone to check your Luggage 2 hours before Train Arrival.
