aviva_dawn
Train Attendant
Anyone have a clue as to why both CZs that left on 11/22 from EMY and CHI are in Service Disruption?
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#5 and #6 are being rerouted through Wyoming between Denver and Salt Lake City on the UP Overland Route with no stops ( except for a crew change in Green River) which is the Regular Zephyr Reroute when stuff happens in the Rockies between Denver and Grand Junction!Wow. What a place to have a problem. That is one remote area. This is no minor reroute, either. Where are the detour points?
Detour points are Denver and Salt Lake City, since the former Denver and Rio Grande Western routing over Tennessee Pass from Dotsero, Colorado (just east of Glenwood Canyon) via Pueblo has been out of service for several years now.Wow. What a place to have a problem. That is one remote area. This is no minor reroute, either. Where are the detour points?
I have to wonder if it would make economic sense for the UP to just 'give' the former D&RGW route to the BNSF, and let them bear the expense of maintaining it....And there is the minor BNSF trackage right issue too, which came as part of the UP - SP merger deal. I suppose UP could transfer that to the Wyoming route too, if push comes to shove. Surprisingly there is quite a bit of coal traffic on the Ex-D&RGW route these days, including some BNSF ones too!
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I think UP still wants that mining traffic. It's probably profitable enough to make the line worth it...I have to wonder if it would make economic sense for the UP to just 'give' the former D&RGW route to the BNSF, and let them bear the expense of maintaining it....That is, if the BNSF would accept it...... :unsure:And there is the minor BNSF trackage right issue too, which came as part of the UP - SP merger deal. I suppose UP could transfer that to the Wyoming route too, if push comes to shove. Surprisingly there is quite a bit of coal traffic on the Ex-D&RGW route these days, including some BNSF ones too!
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If the reroute is typically faster, why have these current reroutes been losing time as much as two to three hours? That appears to be the case checking the Amtrak Status Report.And just for those who are not aware -- the reroute between Denver and Salt Lake City via Wyoming is typically MUCH faster than the regular routing through Colorado. Arrival times of an hour early (or more) occurred on the few times that I have been on the Amtrak reroute.
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