ParanoidAndroid
OBS Chief
Uh . . . .
Philly wanted a direct Sunset Limited to Crescent connection. Not my idea, but a good idea if it's possible.
If the 1.5 hrs connection at NOL isn't legal, how is the CS #14 to EB #28 at PDX connection legal? That's only *1 hr 13 minutes*. I looked online and from 1/1/16 to 6/30/16 it missed it 8% of the time.
Or CS #11 to SL #2 connection at LAX? That's only *1 hour*. Online, from 3/16/16 to 6/30/16, it missed it 5% of the time. For a short connection, that's pretty good. Of course, this isn't the SL, but still pretty good.
The SAN connection might have to sacrificed to get more time into the NOL connection and get #20 to depart NOL earlier if 9:05pm/9:34pm at Atlanta is still too late (which it could be, I've seen #20 2 hrs late on track-a-train multiple times).
Well then, how much time is required for this connection?
I just looked online for how late #2 was into NOL. Out of 99 results from 1/1/16 to today, it was more than 1 hr 25 mins late only 14 times, and only 6 of those would involve holding the Crescent more than 30 minutes.
On a few 14 to 28 or 11 to 2 connections, the 28 or 2 was held some amount of time at its originating station, making the number of missed connections by schedule more for these.
https://juckins.net/amtrak_status/archive/html/history.php?train_num=2&station=NOL&date_start=01%2F01%2F2016&date_end=08%2F16%2F2016&df1=1&df2=1&df3=1&df4=1&df5=1&df6=1&df7=1&sort=schAr&sort_dir=DESC&co=gt&limit_mins=&dfon=1
Philly wanted a direct Sunset Limited to Crescent connection. Not my idea, but a good idea if it's possible.
If the 1.5 hrs connection at NOL isn't legal, how is the CS #14 to EB #28 at PDX connection legal? That's only *1 hr 13 minutes*. I looked online and from 1/1/16 to 6/30/16 it missed it 8% of the time.
Or CS #11 to SL #2 connection at LAX? That's only *1 hour*. Online, from 3/16/16 to 6/30/16, it missed it 5% of the time. For a short connection, that's pretty good. Of course, this isn't the SL, but still pretty good.
The SAN connection might have to sacrificed to get more time into the NOL connection and get #20 to depart NOL earlier if 9:05pm/9:34pm at Atlanta is still too late (which it could be, I've seen #20 2 hrs late on track-a-train multiple times).
Well then, how much time is required for this connection?
I just looked online for how late #2 was into NOL. Out of 99 results from 1/1/16 to today, it was more than 1 hr 25 mins late only 14 times, and only 6 of those would involve holding the Crescent more than 30 minutes.
On a few 14 to 28 or 11 to 2 connections, the 28 or 2 was held some amount of time at its originating station, making the number of missed connections by schedule more for these.
https://juckins.net/amtrak_status/archive/html/history.php?train_num=2&station=NOL&date_start=01%2F01%2F2016&date_end=08%2F16%2F2016&df1=1&df2=1&df3=1&df4=1&df5=1&df6=1&df7=1&sort=schAr&sort_dir=DESC&co=gt&limit_mins=&dfon=1
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