February 2015 Performance Report

[neroden]

So, finally getting around to reading this. No major surprises.

-- Beech Grove is finally catching up with its work, after being consistently behind for several years.

-- NS's grotesque dispatching system failure during this period is quite apparent. This sabotaged the LSL, among other trains. It'll probably take a solid year for ridership to recover from the sabotage.

-- CSX continues to have unusually high numbers of slow orders.

-- Cold weather seems to have hurt ridership on a large number of trains.

-- The Downeaster is doing particularly badly and I'm not sure why.

 

[Palmetto]

For the Downeaster: lots of snow and cold in MA/NH/ME in February [i was visiting!]. MBTA and PanAM were incapable of handling it. Trains cancelled and/or late for WEEKS. BTW, full regular service was restored to the T only on March 30.