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Got an automated call that #4 is disrupted and I will be provide alternate transportation. What does this mean?
When are you traveling?Got an automated call that #4 is disrupted and I will be provide alternate transportation. What does this mean?
You answered yourself.The Amtrak equipment for 4 originated at LAUPT and took an alternate route to get to San Bernardino.That's weird, even if they bus you to San Bernardino, there is no Amtrak equipment waiting there.
Word is that #4 will detour on the Metrolink San Bernardino Line.....this is a very fast 79 mph line, so you should get into San Bernardino much earlier than the scheduled time it were to take the normal route via Fullerton/Riverside.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the detour is on tonite.
If the detour is on, take advantage of the scenery....LOTS and LOTS of backyards of peoples houses! (especially through Baldwin Park/Azusa/Covina) And the running down the 10 freeway is cool.
Is this the old Santa Fe/SWC route via Pasadena. Running down the center of the freeway overlooking the huge valley at dusk is my favorite Amtrak memory.If the detour is on, take advantage of the scenery....LOTS and LOTS of backyards of peoples houses! (especially through Baldwin Park/Azusa/Covina) And the running down the 10 freeway is cool.
It is the old SP/PE route (State Street Line?) which is now the Metrolink San Gabriel Sub. It is NOT the route via Pasadena...that is now light rail (Gold Line).Is this the old Santa Fe/SWC route via Pasadena. Running down the center of the freeway overlooking the huge valley at dusk is my favorite Amtrak memory.If the detour is on, take advantage of the scenery....LOTS and LOTS of backyards of peoples houses! (especially through Baldwin Park/Azusa/Covina) And the running down the 10 freeway is cool.
No. A significant part of that route is now an LRT line. It has not seen the SWC or any main line trains passenger or freight in decades now.Is this the old Santa Fe/SWC route via Pasadena. Running down the center of the freeway overlooking the huge valley at dusk is my favorite Amtrak memory.If the detour is on, take advantage of the scenery....LOTS and LOTS of backyards of peoples houses! (especially through Baldwin Park/Azusa/Covina) And the running down the 10 freeway is cool.
Do not expect a cocktail courtesy of the captain--um the conductor. It's just not the Amtrak way.The experience is not over! On board 4 due into Chicago at 3:15 pm. It is now 3:20 and we are in Galesburg. I've been told I will probably not make my connection, train 370 which leaves Chicago for Grand Rapids, MI at 6:30 pm. Apparently I will be spending 24 hours in Chicago as a "guest" of Amtrak, since 370 only runs one train daily.
Have any of you experienced this? I am not sure what to expect.
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