montana mike
Conductor
Given the performance so far under the "new" schedule, and as the BNSF people have told me now on several occasions over the past two weeks, the reality of the big time delays on the Hi-Line (if you add the current delays to the padding you come up with 7-8 hour delays off the "old" schedule, which is what was common a few months ago so no real change) this new schedule isn't going away any time soon. In fact BNSF has told Amtrak that with continued increases in freight congestion and construction delays to increase this summer the current padding is likely woefully inadequate.
:-(
:-(