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.

 

[west point]

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

You need to look at the following link. Freeze it where you can look at the PRR CAT. There is a support cable going from a vertical pole on one side of tracks to another pole on other side of all tracks. Then note that all 4 tracks have their CAT contact wires connected to this support wire. Also, other cross wires with insulators installed. Therefore, any snag on one wire may but not always pull all 4 track's CAT down.

https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...073F838F5552370D099B073F838F5552&&FORM=VRDGAR

Here is a link to design of PRR style CAT. Here it shows the Cross Catenary, the Body Span, Steady span, Steady Safety, & Steady anchors. The CAT attaches to the Steady anchors. All the insulators are to just electrically isolate each track's power from every other track. However, there is no mechanical isolation of all wires so it is easy that snag on one track can pull all tracks down no matter if it is just 2 tracks or the 6 of Newark airport and south.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=PRR+C...DSAQkxODE1MWowajSoAgiwAgE&FORM=ANAB01&PC=HCTS

 

[Qapla]

All-in-all ... not bad for a holiday