CZ #5 service disruption?

[buddy559]

Should have left Denver 6 hours ago heading west. Tracker shows it north of denver, with no info.

 

[Ryan]

Looks like a detour, since she's off the red line.

 

[Garethe7]

IDK, but I'm glad to see 3/4 back on track (no pun intended)...4 left KC 6 hours late today, I'm assuming because of the derailment in California and the last one with the bustitute involved.

 

[buddy559]

Is the tracker at all accurate during a detour? If so Wyoming is about to get passenger rail service again!

 

[Ryan]

Yes, it's tied to the GPS in the locomotive.

Detours through Wyoming are not uncommon.

 

[jshell]

Is it strange for the 5 to be (apparently) on the Wyoming bypass but for the 6 to be on the normal route? Are they still doing a lot of rail work in the areas disrupted by last months flooding?

 

[CHamilton]

I was on 5(21) and it did not take the detour. We were on the regular route through Grand Junction.

 

[jis]

Charlie, I bet you were also not 4 hours late. Apparently UP has an embargo on the Moffet line soon after 5 is supposed to pass the front range, which it uses to complete repairs and restoration work that still remains to be done. If 5 is too late and misses its window, it goes via Wyoming.

 

[jshell]

Good to know. I'll be on the 5 in a couple of weeks.

 

[buddy559]

Charlie, I bet you were also not 4 hours late. Apparently UP has an embargo on the Moffet line soon after 5 is supposed to pass the front range, which it uses to complete repairs and restoration work that still remains to be done. If 5 is too late and misses its window, it goes via Wyoming.

WOW... any idea how long that detour adds?

 

[CHamilton]

Jis, you are correct. We were pretty much on time for the whole trip.

 

[jis]

Charlie, I bet you were also not 4 hours late. Apparently UP has an embargo on the Moffet line soon after 5 is supposed to pass the front range, which it uses to complete repairs and restoration work that still remains to be done. If 5 is too late and misses its window, it goes via Wyoming.

WOW... any idea how long that detour adds?

The detour actually subtracts time, since it takes less time to get to Salt Lake City from Denver via the detour than by the regular route.

 

[daniel3197]

I think the Wyoming Detour route could be almost 5 Hours Faster than the regular Colorado - Moffat route.

That 5 Hour faster figure would be if if if the train makes the fastest possible transit across that detour WY.

I do NOT know the time figures--comparison for sure but I think that is what the basic comparison would be.

--- Daniel

 

[chakk]

Charlie, I bet you were also not 4 hours late. Apparently UP has an embargo on the Moffet line soon after 5 is supposed to pass the front range, which it uses to complete repairs and restoration work that still remains to be done. If 5 is too late and misses its window, it goes via Wyoming.

WOW... any idea how long that detour adds?

The Wyoming detour does not ADD time. It REDUCES the time it takes for #5 to travel from Denver to Salt Lake City. By about one hour; sometimes more.