Crescent discussion 2025

[pennyk]

From January 4, 2025 forward, please post comments discussing the Crescent here. For previous posts regarding the Crescent, please refer to this thread, which is currently locked:

https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/crescent-discussion-2023-q4-2024.86130/page-13

 

[BarryATL]

I see the Crescent parked in Atlanta a lot.

 

[trimetbusfan]

I see the Crescent parked in Atlanta a lot.

Short turning at Atlanta for their usual track work blitz

https://www.amtrak.com/alert/track-work-affects-crescent-service.html

 

[west point]

I see the Crescent parked in Atlanta a lot.

You will see that on Mondays - Thursday second week of Jan - end to ~~ end of February due to NS track absolute work windows south of ATL/

 

[acelafan]

Short turning at Atlanta for their usual track work blitz

https://www.amtrak.com/alert/track-work-affects-crescent-service.html

It is nice to see that 2 buses are available for Atlanta-New Orleans when the train is not running. There's an express that makes no stops, while the other serves all intermediate stations.

 

[BarryATL]

Other routes do not have to shut down every single year for half of the schedule due to track maintenance. The Crescent has been doing this since at least 2000.

 

[zephyr17]

Other routes do not have to shut down every single year for half of the schedule due to track maintenance. The Crescent has been doing this since at least 2000.

The Boston section of the Lake Shore gets cancelled and bustituted between Boston and Albany annually in the Fall for a CSX maintenance blitz, too.

 

[PaTrainFan]

Other routes do not have to shut down every single year for half of the schedule due to track maintenance. The Crescent has been doing this since at least 2000.

My impression is the Eagle route gets heavy work quite often. But it's interesting to me that I can't recall any major blitz like this on the ex- Capitol Limited route or on the NS portion of The Pennsylvanian.

 

[conquistador74]

Currently on the Crescent Southbound. Excellent crew. Best I’ve encountered in a long time. All pleasant. In the baggage dorm. Sad how they just let these relatively new cars deteriorate without internal maintenance. Filthy, too. If a hotel can turn over in a few hours, these things can be cleaned by a dedicated cleaning crew or service. Clearly it’s not an Amtrak priority.

 

[conquistador74]

Rough shape

 

[thefirewarde]

Other routes do not have to shut down every single year for half of the schedule due to track maintenance. The Crescent has been doing this since at least 2000.

The Piedmont and Carolinian deal with something similar.