montana mike
Conductor
As the crises of derailments and ramping up of the BNSF construction season has passed, the Empire Builders are settling into at least a more predictable timekeeping pattern. East bound they are consistently "only" around 3 hours late arriving in CHI-town most days, with slightly better timekeeping on the weekends. West bound the average arrival is just under one hour behind schedule. If we can keep the wildfires at bay and avoid any more major derailments, this pattern would appear to hold thru the 2015 construction season, with perhaps modest improvements, especially East bound, after BNSF stops work in the late Fall.
Three hour delays do not help those pax wanting to connect with most trains in CHI, but at least this is an improvement over the past several summers and west bound pax are arriving most days within an hour of the posted schedule!
Three hour delays do not help those pax wanting to connect with most trains in CHI, but at least this is an improvement over the past several summers and west bound pax are arriving most days within an hour of the posted schedule!