Are all these NE delays weather related?

[Qapla]

 

[Willbridge]

Nice red and green Christmas effect?

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Only if the weather was responsible for bringing wires down on all 4 tracks (early Sunday morning) or for causing switch and signal issues (Monday).

I have not heard that the weather was the cause of either.

Some of Mondays delays & cancellations were because of equipment & crews not being available for morning trains because of late arrivals of Sunday trains (and some of Sunday’s trains didn’t arrive to their destinations till Monday morning).

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Now, that being said, let’s see how the weather affects today’s (Tuesday) trains. Expecting snow & ice up here. The ice will be the bigger issue.

 

[John Bobinyec]

I'd be surprised if the wire came down on all four tracks. When the wire was first created it was wound on a spool. After the wire is installed as catenary, if it breaks it wants to curl up again, but not so neatly. It then fouls any adjacent tracks.

jb

 

[AmtrakBlue]

From the other thread (https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/amtrak-delays-2023-h2-2024.85480/page-9#post-1057509)​

Delays along the Northeast Corridor​

December 22, 2024 1:30 PM

Amtrak personnel have restored two of the four tracks to regular service between New York Penn Station (NYP) and Philadelphia 30th St William Gray Station (PHL), allowing train movement.

I think I heard that a beam across the tracks snapped. That would certainly explain why it took so long to get the tracks open.

 

[Qapla]

let’s see how the weather affects today’s (Tuesday) trains

Looks much better today - so far

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Yeah, it was a quick moving system. Sun will be out soon an temps are rising so what’s out there will be gone soon.