My service disruption took place in 1999 on the Capitol Limited eastbound between PGH and WAS. A friend and I had arrived in PGH to board the CL and found that a freight derailment in the mountains had closed the line. The previous day's CL was parked in Cumberland, MD and people had been bussed to PGH to continue westbound. They put whoever they could on the Three Rivers and they headed for Philadelphia.
There were about 100 people remaining, and we were told to enjoy coffee, juice, and donuts that had been brought to the Station while the buses arrived. They turned out to be a couple of charter buses, and 5 school buses for luggage, freight and those of us who volunteered for the school buses.
Once underway, our school bus with 3 passengers headed south on PA 51 to Uniontown, then east on US 40 to Cumberland. The driver treated us to whatever we wanted to drink at a store along the way. The poor old school bus looked to be a substitute, and it bounced along the road like the wheels were going to fall off. The driver and 3 of us were laughing so hard, the trip went quickly.
At Cumberland, we boarded the CL which had a CSZ locomotive added on the back end, and we went "backwards" to Washington, D.C. Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits had loaded 200 meals, and we were told to eat "everything in sight" and take anything from the snack bar (chips, drinks, etc.) as the supply had been "written off."
We arrived in WAS 5 hours late, not bad considering. The cost of the trip was refunded to me.