Why is 5/28 Zephyr #5 six hours late?

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Does anyone know? is six hours "dog bites man"?

(It's somewhere in CO now when it should be deep into UT. We are boarding in SLC and should probably get a hotel room.)
 
Another rail site reports storms and flooding have slowed the CZ. The poster speculated SLC arrival might be in daylight. A hotel room sounds like a good plan, but stay in touch with Amtrak during the night. Sometimes trains make up time, and sometimes they lose more!
 
I have seen the FB Amtrak sight have twitter posts. If you tweeted that question about the CZ to Amtrak would they answer quicker?
 
#5/28 was stopped for four hours last night at the Ottumwa depot. I heard there may have been a flood or a washout east of Chillicothe. Must not have been too bad if they were able to get trains through.
 
5am departure from SLC, not fun and makes the sleeper much less worthwhile.

Many thanks for the help!
 
Me said:
5am departure from SLC, not fun and makes the sleeper much less worthwhile.
Many thanks for the help!
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At least you can take a long nap in your sleeper after departing SLC, lying down on your bed while passengers in the coaches struggle for a comfortable position.
 
Me said:
Does anyone know? is six hours "dog bites man"?
(It's somewhere in CO now when it should be deep into UT. We are boarding in SLC and should probably get a hotel room.)
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I checked on Amtrak Delays and it was VERY late going into SLC on 29 May yet early into EMY. Did it suddenly become the bullet train?
 
I'm not sure what you were looking at, but the train wasn't early into EMY:

Code: 
* Train 5 of 05/28/2013.
* California Zephyr
* +---------------- Station code
* |    +----------- Schedule Arrival Day 
* |    |  +-------- Schedule Arrival time
* |    |  |     +----- Schedule Departure Day
* |    |  |     |  +-- Schedule Departure Time
* |    |  |     |  |     +------------- Actual Arrival Time
* |    |  |     |  |     |     +------- Actual Departure Time
* |    |  |     |  |     |     |     +- Comments
* V    V  V     V  V     V     V     V
* CHI  *  *     1  200P  *     200P  Departed:  on time.
* NPV  *  *     1  234P  *     238P  Departed:  4 minutes late.
* PCT  *  *     1  344P  *     349P  Departed:  5 minutes late.
* GBB  *  *     1  438P  *     444P  Departed:  6 minutes late.
* BRL  *  *     1  525P  *     540P  Departed:  15 minutes late.
* MTP  *  *     1  559P  *     630P  Departed:  31 minutes late.
* OTM  1  643P  1  653P  713P  1056P Departed:  4 hours and 3 minutes late.
* OSC  *  *     1  809P  *     117A  Departed:  5 hours and 8 minutes late.
* CRN  *  *     1  841P  *     202A  Departed:  5 hours and 21 minutes late.
* OMA  1  1055P 1  1105P 405A  438A  Departed:  5 hours and 33 minutes late.
* LNK  2  1208A 2  1214A 544A  559A  Departed:  5 hours and 45 minutes late.
* HAS  *  *     2  147A  *     741A  Departed:  5 hours and 54 minutes late.
* HLD  *  *     2  234A  *     831A  Departed:  5 hours and 57 minutes late.
* MCK  *  *     2  343A  *     937A  Departed:  5 hours and 54 minutes late.
* FMG  *  *     2  505A  *     1147A Departed:  6 hours and 42 minutes late.
* DEN  2  715A  2  805A  148P  243P  Departed:  6 hours and 38 minutes late.
* WIP  *  *     2  1007A *     458P  Departed:  6 hours and 51 minutes late.
* GRA  *  *     2  1037A *     523P  Departed:  6 hours and 46 minutes late.
* GSC  *  *     2  153P  *     834P  Departed:  6 hours and 41 minutes late.
* GJT  2  357P  2  410P  1016P 1029P Departed:  6 hours and 19 minutes late.
* GRI  *  *     2  558P  *     1217A Departed:  6 hours and 19 minutes late.
* HER  *  *     2  720P  *     136A  Departed:  6 hours and 16 minutes late.
* PRO  *  *     2  926P  *     335A  Departed:  6 hours and 9 minutes late.
* SLC  2  1105P 2  1130P 428A  454A  Departed:  5 hours and 24 minutes late.
* ELK  *  *     3  303A  *     827A  Departed:  5 hours and 24 minutes late.
* WNN  *  *     3  540A  *     1129A Departed:  5 hours and 49 minutes late.
* RNO  *  *     3  836A  *     218P  Departed:  5 hours and 42 minutes late.
* TRU  *  *     3  937A  *     325P  Departed:  5 hours and 48 minutes late.
* COX  *  *     3  1148A *     538P  Departed:  5 hours and 50 minutes late.
* RSV  3  1255P 3  1257P 647P  651P  Departed:  5 hours and 54 minutes late.
* SAC  3  213P  3  225P  714P  718P  Departed:  4 hours and 53 minutes late.
* DAV  3  244P  3  246P  733P  736P  Departed:  4 hours and 50 minutes late.
* MTZ  *  *     3  332P  *     820P  Departed:  4 hours and 48 minutes late.
* RIC  *  *     3  359P  *     847P  Departed:  4 hours and 48 minutes late.
* EMY  3  410P  *  *     858P  *     Arrived:  4 hours and 48 minutes late.
 
ScottC4746 said:
Me said:
Does anyone know? is six hours "dog bites man"?
(It's somewhere in CO now when it should be deep into UT. We are boarding in SLC and should probably get a hotel room.)
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I checked on Amtrak Delays and it was VERY late going into SLC on 29 May yet early into EMY. Did it suddenly become the bullet train?
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The dates you put into the system were the same. So train 5 departing SLC on the 29th is 5 hours late. Train 5 arriving into EMY on the 29th was 30 minutes early. If that makes any sense to you.
 
Acela150 said:
ScottC4746 said:
Me said:
Does anyone know? is six hours "dog bites man"?
(It's somewhere in CO now when it should be deep into UT. We are boarding in SLC and should probably get a hotel room.)
Click to expand...
I checked on Amtrak Delays and it was VERY late going into SLC on 29 May yet early into EMY. Did it suddenly become the bullet train?
Click to expand...
The dates you put into the system were the same. So train 5 departing SLC on the 29th is 5 hours late. Train 5 arriving into EMY on the 29th was 30 minutes early. If that makes any sense to you.
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Oh I forgot to account for the date change. Oops. :blush:
 
ScottC4746 said:
Acela150 said:
ScottC4746 said:
Me said:
Does anyone know? is six hours "dog bites man"?
(It's somewhere in CO now when it should be deep into UT. We are boarding in SLC and should probably get a hotel room.)
Click to expand...
I checked on Amtrak Delays and it was VERY late going into SLC on 29 May yet early into EMY. Did it suddenly become the bullet train?
Click to expand...
The dates you put into the system were the same. So train 5 departing SLC on the 29th is 5 hours late. Train 5 arriving into EMY on the 29th was 30 minutes early. If that makes any sense to you.
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Oh I forgot to account for the date change. Oops. :blush:
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I do it too.. Don't feel bad. I'm sure everyone has done it. :)
 
#5/28 was stopped for four hours last night at the Ottumwa depot.
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Is the Des Moines River at Ottumwa the new Devils Lake?

I heard there may have been a flood or a washout east of Chillicothe.
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Is this MO (SWC) or IL (old SWC route east of Galesburg)?
 
PaulM said:
#5/28 was stopped for four hours last night at the Ottumwa depot.
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Is the Des Moines River at Ottumwa the new Devils Lake?

I heard there may have been a flood or a washout east of Chillicothe.
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Is this MO (SWC) or IL (old SWC route east of Galesburg)?
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The Des Moines River at Ottumwa wasn't the problem. The California Zephyr was held at Ottumwa apparently because there was a washout at a creek bridge just east of Chillicothe, Iowa.
 
Acela150 said:
I have a friend on (I Believe) the now 4 hour late CZ. If not he was on the CZ that arrived 30 mins early into EMY. I'll pick the later because he has real good luck.
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Because #5 is SCHEDULED into SLC before midnight, you were probably looking at the DAY AFTER train -- you would need to check for the #5 scheduled to arrive in SLC on the 29th, to see how late it actually arrived in the wee hours of the morning on the 30th.
 

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