What going on in New Mexico with the SWC?

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Tennessee Traveler

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Seems that the Southwest Chief is losing two to four hours traveling through New Mexico beyond Lamy and the Colorado border. Does anyone know reasons for the delays. I planning on catching the SWC from Galesburg, IL, to Chicago in about a week thus my interest.
 
Regardless of the reason, things are likely to be different next week, or even tomorrow!

Only thing I've heard about #4 is a rock slide near Glorietta (siding) and slow orders.
 
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I was on the SWC last week. We were slow order for two reasons. We had a lightning storm go through and signals were out 1.5 hours......that one should no be an issue now. The other was rough track......so bad I could call it violent. I got nothing offical about it but I ride the SWC on a regular basis and it had never been this bad. The region has had a number of big storms and I think the track is showing the affects. Track will be an issue for a while.
 
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