Speaking of horrendous delays-anyone know what has happened to #7 in MT this AM? 13+ hours late already???
:-(
12 hrs from Minot to Wolf Point? Must be some kind of a record. But note that Arrow lists "station stop cancelled" for most points east of Minot, rather than "disruption". Is that the end of the "dreaded disruption"? Would be fitting if it came just as trans-con Amtrak service grinds to a halt because of our insistence on making the planet uninhabitable.
I would think that they're listed that way because it was a planned cancellation. Otherwise, it would have been listed as a disruption.
Maybe but in any case it's new to the system.
Are y'all looking at the Status tab on Amtrak.com, or the train's file itself on Amtrak Status Maps, et al?
On 2/14/2014 I started showing "cancellations" as well as "service disruptions" because Amtrak was showing cancellations in its reservations system. So, here's a little about each.
Service Disruptions (SD)
Amtrak designates a train as having had an SD when something unusual has happened to it. It could be anything from a slight delay to a major blockage. During the time period when a train is having an active SD, Amtrak does not report the train's times to its reservations system. During an active SD, the train will appear in the "penalty box" on the map instead of on the map itself. The color of the train's symbol is red. Service Disruptions can be rescinded. At that time the train's times will start being sent to Amtrak's reservations system again, and the train will move out of the penalty box over onto the map.
Amtrak's usage of the SD is uneven. It usually is used to cover a situation which is unexpected. Sometimes it will be used in the case of announced programmed track work - sometimes not. Sometimes the SD will remain in force, even though the train is past the blockage.
Cancellations
Cancellations are shown in Amtrak's reservations system. Sometimes they occur because of announced programmed track work. In such cases they are published well in advance. Sometimes they occur on short notice. In any case, when my system detects that a train is subject to a cancellation, it will query and record the status of the train for all of its station stops. That's when it will mark each one as "Station Stop Canceled". At the time a train should be at a particular station, but the stop is canceled, the train will be in the penalty box. During that time the train's symbol will be yellow. As time progresses, if it is time for the train to be in the non-canceled portion of its schedule, it'll move back onto the map, with its proper color. During a cancellation the train is still active in Amtrak's reservation system.
Note that even though Amtrak may have designated certain stations as "canceled" for a particular train, they can still designate it as having a Service Disruption as well. Those two things are independent.
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