Golden grrl
Service Attendant
Using the wonderful tool at http://www.amtrakdelays.onlineschedulingsoftware.com .
I was just checking on trains I'll be using in near future to go from coast to coast. I see a lot of delays. On April 2, eastbound train 30 reached Chicago (CHI) 2 minutes early. It's been late every day since then, averaging 90 minutes late over the past two weeks. Even with all the padding, such as between South Bend (SOB) and Chicago (CHI), the best performance in the past week was a delay of 45 minutes.
The delays on the sister train, eastbound 29 in the last 2 weeks had an average of 57 minutes late.
-->Anyone have knowledge of the causes for these delays on the Cap Limited?
Also, in the past week, the 5 westbound Zephyr has averaged 105 minutes late into Denver (DEN), and 106 minutes late into Emoryville (EMY). Typically, even slightly late Zephyrs have a chance to catch up by shortening the stay in Denver and Salt Lake,but the recent westbound ones seem just to get more delayed. [And yes, I do know about the weather in the Rockies, since I listen to a radio station from northern Colorado for morning reports.]
-->Is something else going on with the westbound Zephyr - traffic or equipment (e.g. AMTK 155) and manpower shortages or such - that might influence the time duration for my rail journeys in the next few days?
I was just checking on trains I'll be using in near future to go from coast to coast. I see a lot of delays. On April 2, eastbound train 30 reached Chicago (CHI) 2 minutes early. It's been late every day since then, averaging 90 minutes late over the past two weeks. Even with all the padding, such as between South Bend (SOB) and Chicago (CHI), the best performance in the past week was a delay of 45 minutes.
The delays on the sister train, eastbound 29 in the last 2 weeks had an average of 57 minutes late.
-->Anyone have knowledge of the causes for these delays on the Cap Limited?
Also, in the past week, the 5 westbound Zephyr has averaged 105 minutes late into Denver (DEN), and 106 minutes late into Emoryville (EMY). Typically, even slightly late Zephyrs have a chance to catch up by shortening the stay in Denver and Salt Lake,but the recent westbound ones seem just to get more delayed. [And yes, I do know about the weather in the Rockies, since I listen to a radio station from northern Colorado for morning reports.]
-->Is something else going on with the westbound Zephyr - traffic or equipment (e.g. AMTK 155) and manpower shortages or such - that might influence the time duration for my rail journeys in the next few days?