Southwest Chief disrupted by Washout on Rail Runner trackage

[jis]

A washout north of Bernalillo but wouth of the split between the Lamy and Santa Fe routes has shut down Rail Runner Service north of Bernalillo and Amtrak service between Lamy and Albuquerque

https://www.koat.com/article/rail-runner-service-closed-north-of-bernalilllo/22572242

There are some reports that the Southwest Chief is being bus bridged between Lamy and Albuquerque.

 

[chrsjrcj]

I guess we will see a Railway Age article soon, blaming the flood on Anderson.

 

[zephyr17]

I guess we will see a Railway Age article soon, blaming the flood on Anderson.

No, because it was an Act of God, not an Act of Idiocy.

 

[jis]

I guess we will see a Railway Age article soon, blaming the flood on Anderson.

Yeah, he used his special direct link to the big guy to arrange a trial run of the bus bridge.

 

[jis]

Photo of the washout in this article:

https://www.abqjournal.com/1201892/storm-slammed-rail-runner-service-should-be-fully-restored-saturday.html

Service should be restored today (Saturday)

 

[bcanedy]

I am on #4 right now sitting in La Junta, CO. We are waiting for the crew that takes us to Albuquerque to be rested. They just announced that this train will run through to Albuquerque. There will NOT be a bus bridge today.

 

[niemi24s]

Was there much jubilation and merriment when the "no bus bridge" announcement was made?

 

[bretton88]

Was there much jubilation and merriment when the "no bus bridge" announcement was made?

It probably depends on how bad the delay was predict to be. Lamy-ABQ is short enough that a super long delay would probably inconvenience passengers more than the bus bridge.

 

[bcanedy]

Was there much jubilation and merriment when the "no bus bridge" announcement was made?

More like a BIG sigh of relief.

 

[railiner]

I am on #4 right now sitting in La Junta, CO. We are waiting for the crew that takes us to Albuquerque to be rested. They just announced that this train will run through to Albuquerque. There will NOT be a bus bridge today.

Don't you mean that you are on #3? La Junta to Albuquerque is 'westbound', so #3, not #4.....

 

[bcanedy]

I am on #4 right now sitting in La Junta, CO. We are waiting for the crew that takes us to Albuquerque to be rested. They just announced that this train will run through to Albuquerque. There will NOT be a bus bridge today.

Don't you mean that you are on #3? La Junta to Albuquerque is 'westbound', so #3, not #4.....

You are correct. I am desperately lacking in sleep as well. It doesn’t help that most of the consist numbers on this train still read 04XX. This train was pretty late into Chicago on Thursday and the parties responsible did a poor job of prepping this train for its next run.

 

[PaulM]

So what is going on now? Today (Sun 7/29) #4 is estimated to arrive in Albuquerque four hours late. That's before it even reaches possible slow running due to the earlier washout between ABQ and Lamy.

I see that it left LAX 4 minutes late and departed Fullerton 4 hrs 53 minutes late. Engine breakdown? trespasser?

 

[jis]

So what is going on now? Today (Sun 7/29) #4 is estimated to arrive in Albuquerque four hours late. That's before it even reaches possible slow running due to the earlier washout between ABQ and Lamy.

As far as through running goes 3 and 4 are running through as the tracks have been fixed.

As for what else is happening, that is a matter for consideration in some other thread I suppose

 

[bcanedy]

So what is going on now? Today (Sun 7/29) #4 is estimated to arrive in Albuquerque four hours late. That's before it even reaches possible slow running due to the earlier washout between ABQ and Lamy.

I see that it left LAX 4 minutes late and departed Fullerton 4 hrs 53 minutes late. Engine breakdown? trespasser?

#4 struck a trespasser between LA & Fullerton last night.

 

[chakk]

Doesn’t sound good for the trespasser. If injured, they would be off to the hospital post haste and the train would be released shortly thereafter.

But if the trespasser expired onsite, then Calif law requires the coroner to arrive before the train can be released. That could take hours on a Saturday night.