Lynchburger today?

Something happened to the 154 [the Lynchburger] today - it seemed to have just now gone through CVS, over 6 hours late. However, it also seems to have departed WAS on time according to dixielandsoftware. Perhaps Amtrak managed to put together a substitute to originate on schedule out of WAS to serve the NEC as usual. Maybe she wouldn't crank this morning in Lynchburg.

It is train 156 and there was a track obstruction that caused the set to return to LYH. Once things were cleared, the trains operated late to WAS for balancing.

Heard they also provided buses at CVS as a choice for riders who wanted to get to WAS faster (or something like that).

Thirdrail7 said:

It is train 156 and there was a track obstruction that caused the set to return to LYH. Once things were cleared, the trains operated late to WAS for balancing.

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Broken frog. Deadhead equipment left northbound from Lynchburg at 345p.

I was at CVS waiting for 156 Sunday. 186 passengers were scheduled to embark out of CVS. Unfortunately, whatever was happening near Lynchburg was not being clearly passed on to the sizable crowd. It was not the fault of the station personnel; they were simply reading whatever was on their screen. But there was an obvious breakdown between train operations and the frontline customer service reps. In all fairness, maybe the problem wasn't clearly known but a definite level of agitation was rising. We were given 3 options:

A) Take buses to to WAS

B) Accept a refund or rebook

C) Wait for the track to clear in approx 5-6 hrs.

I took the bus & what should've been 2 hrs became 3 w/ all the traffic returning to DC on a bright, warm Sunday afternoon. We all were put on 158 for points north. 158 was just jammed full in itself but ran precisely on time.