Problems with SWC 4 (3/21)

[ATSFNewton]

What's up with the SWC 4? One day on time, next day huge delays. Today over 8 hrs late. Looks like the problems are in CA but not clear. Any knowledge on this?

 

[KmH]

4 (23) doesn't leave LA for several hours yet.

4 (21) is 8.5 hours late as of today but was only some 2 hrs late to Kingman yesterday morning and has been losing time steadily since.

4 (22) is currently ontime.

https://juckins.net/amtrak_status/archive/html/history.php?train_num=4&station=kng&date_start=02%2F21%2F2017&date_end=03%2F23%2F2017&df1=1&df2=1&df3=1&df4=1&df5=1&df6=1&df7=1&sort=schAr&sort_dir=DESC&co=gt&limit_mins=&dfon=1

Shows #4 only being at most 1 hr 58 minutes late to Kingman, AZ in the last month.

On 3/9 #4 was almost 10 hrs late to CHI. Next worse as on 3/15 - 3 hrs 31 minutes late.

 

[s10mk]

Sorry for the thread highjack, but I have a question that is somewhat relevant. I will be taking the #4 SWC in may from LAX to CHI, arrive at 3:15pm in CHI. And I will be departing CHI on the CL at 6:45pm. What is amtraks policy if you miss a train becuase of another train being late?

 

[ParanoidAndroid]

They will probably bus you from GBB or something or put you in a motel for a night, if you're in a sleeper. Not sure about coach.

Make sure you buy the connection in one purchase (not multi-city), which makes it a "guaranteed connection". Otherwise, it's not their responsibility.

 

[s10mk]

They will probably bus you from GBB or something or put you in a motel for a night, if you're in a sleeper. Not sure about coach.

Make sure you buy the connection in one purchase (not multi-city), which makes it a "guaranteed connection". Otherwise, it's not their responsibility.

I do have a sleeper, both arriving and departing. But oops, I did not book my trip as a single connection. Maybe I can call amtrak to modify my reservation.

 

[KmH]

It is my understanding that you would indeed still have a guaranteed connection if you booked a multi-city itinerary on the same reservation.

 

[Chas]

Yes, and I notice consistent slowdowns between Lamy Junction and Las Vegas, New Mexico. Is there track damage in Apache Canyon again?

 

[s10mk]

It is my understanding that you would indeed still have a guaranteed connection if you booked a multi-city itinerary on the same reservation.

I got my reservations changed around so that my SWC route into chicago is on the same reservation as my CL connection. So at least my connection is gaurunteed now.

 

[amtkstn]

Amtrak and BNSF have been doing a lot of trackwork around that area. Putting in wielded rail and new ties insuring that the Chief will keep using the route.

 

[Tennessee Traveler]

KmH is correct. The connection should be on the same reservation. It can be multi-city, it just needs to be on ONE Reservation number.