Late Texas eagle 22

Any reason why 22 has been stuck between mcgregor and cleborn for over 2 hrs??

Someone said on Facebook it's due to engine problems. What happens now? Do they have to wait for another locomotive? From where? Or do they try to fix it?

If they can't get it to run, they will need to obtain a different locomotive. If they are none readily available nearby, they will use a freight locomotive. But the freight railroad must obtain a crew for that locomotive, time to bring it to the Amtrak train, time to hook it up and then because a freight locomotive must go slower then a passenger locomotive, it will be further delayed.

That's why sometimes you may see a train late 3 hours @ station A but it gets to station B 5 hours late, even though the train was stuck only 2 hours.

Freight locomotive will assist to Fort Worth where it will be removed and replaced by an available Amtrak locomotive.

Thanks for the info. Just saw an Amtrak locomotive pull up. Now hurry up train

Are they still rerouting the Amtrak Texas Eagle away from Dallas and Fort Worth, till you get to(I think) Longview to resume its usual route? Sad to hear about a delay like this, though I understand sometimes an engine will break down for an Amtrak train.

No reroute

Peachy Kinda Girl said:

No reroute

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Ah, so it is back to the usual route now. They briefly were doing a temporary Texas Eagle reroute in June between Taylor and Longview(if I recall correctly), but I guess that's finished now. Thanks for confirming they aren't rerouting it anymore.

The reroute for 22 ended on the 29th of June while 21 ended on the 22nd.

It's now 6 hours late.