battalion51
Engineer
It's only because the Silver Meteor's a better operation. :lol:
Yeah, this cold weather definately is something. School for most of Eastern Massachusetts was cancelled today just on the account it was so cold, though it was perfectly sunny when I woke up.AlanB said:I was in Penn today to catch #117 the 2:00 PM Metroliner to Philly, and Amtrak was still suffering from delays. I arrived at 1:30 PM for my train, and the Star had not yet left. In fact it was just pulling into the station at 1:30. Both the Lake Shore and the Crescent were already listed on the boards as delayed with no times given.
Even my train ended up covering train #133's run, since 133 was annulled due to the cold. It's the first time I've ever been on a Metroliner that stopped at Newark Airport. :blink:
If possible they run the cars into the shop to thaw them, however that takes time and the shop is only just so big. So then they resort to any trick in the book. Plus they try to rotate every car that ran north on it's last run, such that it's next run is to the south.tp49 said:They're probably still having isssues with cars freezing at Sunnyside...what do they do to unfreeze them, do they have a de-icing type thing like at the airport or do they use torches or heat guns to unfreeze things?
They are not. The LIRR cancelled or combined at least 15 trains for rush hour tonight. Metro North did the same.I wonder if the LIRR, NJT, and MN are faring any better with the cold...although we all know that when it dips below freezing or snows more than 3 inches the LIRR leaves a lot to be desired.
I think that by and large Amtrak owns Harold, but there is some intermingling with LIRR ownership. I'm not quite sure just how it works out, but I do know that on the occasions that Amtrak has gone on strike (or at least threatened a strike), that the LIRR contingency plans do include the use of the Hunters Point station and the LIC station.Another Amtrak related question is the Harold Interlocking owned by the LIRR or Amtrak, I always get confused as to where Amtrak ownership ends and LIRR's begins.
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