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#21 KevinKorell

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 10:29 PM

If this goes on it would be in order to find a hotel in Chicago and then decide what to do next.

If anyone does that, check carefully the cancellation policy before booking. Only do so if they allow same-day cancellation (usually by 4 or 6 PM date of arrival). And then should it become clear while in Chicago that we are going to make it, don't forget to cancel !! If Amtrak does provide misconnects with lodging on their dime, not sure where it is or what type of hotel you are going to end up in.


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Posted 09 July 2014 - 06:29 PM

I'll be the "bearer of bad news." 49(8) Chicago: Arrived 7 hours and 28 minutes late (5:13 pm) 5(9) Chicago: Departed 1 hour and 5 minutes late (3:05 pm) :unsure:

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 07:24 PM

That's only bad news if it happens Saturday. I wonder what 49s performance has been just looking at Saturdays.

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 07:33 PM

I'll be the "bearer of bad news."

49(8) Chicago: Arrived 7 hours and 28 minutes late (5:13 pm)

5(9) Chicago: Departed 1 hour and 5 minutes late (3:05 pm)

:unsure:


Some of 49's delay can be attributed to the tornado that hit upstate New York last night. I am doing my best to be optimistic about connections. :unsure:

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 08:36 PM

That's only bad news if it happens Saturday. I wonder what 49s performance has been just looking at Saturdays.


The 4-week average suggests the connection will be made. The latest arrival over the period provides 24 minutes for transfer and on-time departure of 5!

Over last 4 Saturdays:
Average Delay: 176.5 minutes
Shortest delay: 105 minutes (6/21)
Longest delay: 231 minutes (6/14)

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Posted 10 July 2014 - 12:27 AM

Again we don't know whether there happened to be 49-to-5 connecting passengers, and if there were, whether they were shuttled from one train to another by alternate transportation.


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Posted 10 July 2014 - 11:53 AM

On the brighter side. 49 arrived at Chicago just 2 hours late today (10th July)! OTOH, the consist we will be on tomorrow is running over 3 hours late. But then it has the whole night and half a day to recover from it, Sunnyside willing. and 98 is not doing too badly so far either.

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Posted 10 July 2014 - 12:01 PM

But then it has the whole night and half a day to recover from it, Sunnyside willing.

And we would like a rested crew too.

and 98 is not doing too badly so far either.

But we'll see what happens when somebody with 4 parcels gets on in Orlando and weighs the train down.


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Posted 10 July 2014 - 01:36 PM

Doesn't the LSL use NYP based OBS crews?

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Posted 10 July 2014 - 03:09 PM

The someone with 4 parcels, one of which is a small bag of food and another is a small purse, got on 98 in Orlando, and ate a very large lunch. oink. We are leaving Palatka now and we seem to be doing OK. My extra weight does not seem to have slowed the train down. My new Bluetooth GPS informed me that we were going up to speed for a while. :)




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