Late Texas eagle 22

[Peachy Kinda Girl]

Any reason why 22 has been stuck between mcgregor and cleborn for over 2 hrs??

 

[Peachy Kinda Girl]

Someone said on Facebook it's due to engine problems. What happens now? Do they have to wait for another locomotive? From where? Or do they try to fix it?

 

[the_traveler]

If they can't get it to run, they will need to obtain a different locomotive. If they are none readily available nearby, they will use a freight locomotive. But the freight railroad must obtain a crew for that locomotive, time to bring it to the Amtrak train, time to hook it up and then because a freight locomotive must go slower then a passenger locomotive, it will be further delayed.

That's why sometimes you may see a train late 3 hours @ station A but it gets to station B 5 hours late, even though the train was stuck only 2 hours.

 

[KnightRail]

Freight locomotive will assist to Fort Worth where it will be removed and replaced by an available Amtrak locomotive.

 

[Peachy Kinda Girl]

Thanks for the info. Just saw an Amtrak locomotive pull up. Now hurry up train

 

[dogbert617]

Are they still rerouting the Amtrak Texas Eagle away from Dallas and Fort Worth, till you get to(I think) Longview to resume its usual route? Sad to hear about a delay like this, though I understand sometimes an engine will break down for an Amtrak train.

 

[Peachy Kinda Girl]

No reroute

 

[dogbert617]

No reroute

Ah, so it is back to the usual route now. They briefly were doing a temporary Texas Eagle reroute in June between Taylor and Longview(if I recall correctly), but I guess that's finished now. Thanks for confirming they aren't rerouting it anymore.

 

[Lonestar648]

The reroute for 22 ended on the 29th of June while 21 ended on the 22nd.

 

[Steve4031]

It's now 6 hours late.