montana mike
Conductor
Over the past week or so timekeeping has gotten progressively worse for the Empire Builders as they have traversed the Hi-Line. Some of the delays are weather related (heat), but the old bugaboo of heavy freight traffic and construction remain major players (as my BNSF local folks had predicted they would).
The performance of BOTH east and west bound trains have continued to get worse this week, with delays rivaling those of the past two summers now. With no "protect consist" in PDX and SEA several of the subsequent east bound EBs have left hours late, which just further compounds the issue. Oh, well. We were all hoping that things would get better this summer. I guess we shall just have to wait until the construction is completed in 2016.......
The performance of BOTH east and west bound trains have continued to get worse this week, with delays rivaling those of the past two summers now. With no "protect consist" in PDX and SEA several of the subsequent east bound EBs have left hours late, which just further compounds the issue. Oh, well. We were all hoping that things would get better this summer. I guess we shall just have to wait until the construction is completed in 2016.......