"late arrival of inbound equipment"?

[FlaMariner1]

Curious as to what this means on the Amtrak "service alerts & notices":

"Late Arrival of Inbound Equipment"

Does that mean someone did not show up to work?

 

[Maglev]

That means the inbound train was late. For example, in Seattle, the Empire Builder inbound train 7 is serviced and turned around to become that day's outbound train 8. If train 7 is late, there is no spare equipment to make up that day's train 8, and train 8 will be delayed due to late arrival of the inbound equipment.

 

[FlaMariner1]

understood. Thanks.

So the domino effect of a late trains continues on......