Enjoy the trip! I've been out there 3 times, and LOVE Glacier.. Are you getting off at Glacier or Whitefish?I am booked on the EB in August, but luckily I am only going from LaCrosse to Glacier and return. As this is a vacation, with a rental car and six days at Glacier I think I can handle the delays. Mel Brooke's once told us it is good to be king, I am just happy to be roaming around on the steel rail. One of pappy's rules was never be in a rush on vacation,,,,,,
yeah, 7 and 8 in mt and nd dropped off the map together. was feeling good about our trip on 27 from spk saturday morning. not so much nowAnyone know what happened to #7 in ND this AM. It was actually running pretty good until the dreaded "Service Disruption" notice was posted by Amtrak--rats.......
actually getting off in East Glacier and re-boarding in West. Will rent a car for six glorious days in the most beautiful place in America (my sainted mother always contended Lake Louise and I dare not contravene her thoughts, at least in text, for fear of incurring her wrath from beyond) Haven't been there since I was a teen, next year Yellowstone, trying to relive my past now that I am over 60 and survived radical head and neck cancer surgery twice. Life is precious, as are the people and places in it.Enjoy the trip! I've been out there 3 times, and LOVE Glacier.. Are you getting off at Glacier or Whitefish?I am booked on the EB in August, but luckily I am only going from LaCrosse to Glacier and return. As this is a vacation, with a rental car and six days at Glacier I think I can handle the delays. Mel Brooke's once told us it is good to be king, I am just happy to be roaming around on the steel rail. One of pappy's rules was never be in a rush on vacation,,,,,,
wow, wonder what will happen to today's 7 out of chi? that was to have been "our train" out of spk on saturday morning. since havre and minot are service stops, i suppose, they could turn the trains there and bus bridge betweenNot sure. I asked my BNSF guy that very question. He said the derailment actually occurred around 6:30 AM today and winds in the area were between 30-40 mph, which normally is not a concern, but a "rogue" gust could have contributed to this derailment. In a quick follow up he said this issue "may take a while to untangle". That does not sound encouraging.
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PS-BNSF has already put out a bulletin to its freight customers to expect 36-48 hour delays in receiving their goods as a result of this mess, so my guess is this will not be cleared up for a while. Another reason for double tracking this route!
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