So glad I switched

[Gingee]

I am presently sitting in the Bloomington Amtrak station. I had been watching the swchiefs time for the last several days. Decided to switch to the Lincoln train. So glad I did. When I walked in the station I saw that the chief was running on time. I asked and the agent said she needed to change it. At this point it was running eight hours late. The aren't selling any more tickets for it. Glad we did because we leave out of Chicago at nine thirty tonight. Said there is a lot of construction and train freight going on. Oops I meant Texas eagle not the chief.

 

[MikefromCrete]

Why is the Southwest Chief's time being posted in the Bloomington station? I think you mean the Texas Eagle.

 

[Gingee]

Whoops. I goofed

 

[fillyjonk]

I am presently sitting in the Bloomington Amtrak station. I had been watching the swchiefs time for the last several days. Decided to switch to the Lincoln train. So glad I did. When I walked in the station I saw that the chief was running on time. I asked and the agent said she needed to change it. At this point it was running eight hours late. The aren't selling any more tickets for it. Glad we did because we leave out of Chicago at nine thirty tonight. Said there is a lot of construction and train freight going on. Oops I meant Texas eagle not the chief.

So the station agent is in charge of posting times, and it's not some centralized Amtrak thing? Weird.

Wow. An eight hour late Eagle. (I was once on one that was 12 hours late, but that was after an ice storm and with a frieight derailment ahead of us on a Sunday, so hard to get a clean up crew out)

 

[the_traveler]

There is another current thread going on by a passenger on that train. They said the delay was because of a freight derailment in western Texas.

 

[Gingee]

That was just the answer she gave me.