CZ 5 out of CHI

[mikewrite]

Our first LD trip together, very excited, SCA super nice, train departed on time - but the engine on one of the locos broke almost as soon as we left Union Station. Stopped while they try to fix it. Good times. Already 50 minutes late.

 

[mikewrite]

Now rolling.

 

[Asher]

Now rolling.

Rolling sounds much better than broke. Welcome to Amtrak and have a great trip.

 

[mikewrite]

Just got informed by a brusque dining car attendant that photos are not allowed inside the train.

 

[pennyk]

MODERATOR NOTE: a discussion/disagreement regarding taking photos on a train has been moved to a new thread in Rail Photography forum

https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/taking-photos-inside-a-train.83033/

 

[mikewrite]

CZ 5 stuck in Denver. They added a loco for the Rockies pull and apparently the new and the old aren't talking to each other. They have IT people working on it. Showing as 1 hr 39 min late, but that was before the problem.

 

[mikewrite]

Now moving, 2 hrs 15 mins late. The mechanical delay will cause us to conflict with a freight, so another delay for that coming up, and a heat restriction on the rails will add another hour.