In the 4 or 5 trips I've had on the TE the consist makeup varied each time. Last trip LVW to CHI the sleeper (me) was at the rear, except STL to CHI. That stretch had the 322 coach coupled on the back. Most other times the Sleeper was right behind the transdorm. Remember, the TE only gets an...
Looks like it was a one day event. 4(22) is running it's usual route through Fullerton and the 3(21) schedule shows the normal route stops.
As I recall, this was the same detour Amtrak ran during the Cajon Pass fire. That lasted a little longer.
Story on the crash near Longview, TX is at https://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/amtrak-train-car-catch-fire-near-hallsville/article_0d75d7d4-a320-11e8-be52-ef5e1db873cc.html . Unoccupied auto and front of the P42 are toast. Probably will be towed to FTW.
BTW, last time I was in SAS the...
Well, my wife and I took a trip LVW - MKE and back two weeks ago. We had a bedroom and she slept down, I was up. (Her back is worse than mine.) No problems. And we're both in our 80's. Of course we've done this before so knew how it would be. But the "trial run" does seem like a good idea.
If I remember correctly, at the first press conference the NTSB person said they'd probably be done with their investigation by this coming weekend. After that CSX should be able to clean up the site in a couple days. But if I were you I'd keep checking. I don't know how much track they have...
It looks like the lead CSX engine was struck twice by the Amtrak P42; first head-on and then, as the P42 broke in two, by the front of the P42 which bent to the right. The CSX cab doesn't appear to have been struck directly. Although the angle of the photo may be deceiving, it appears the two...
It appears to be a special train. Cardinals (50/51) meet west of Charlottesville about 2:00pm and both are moving now according to 'New Track-A-Train'. Early video is at https://twitter.com/DurkinWeather/status/958744984190095366/video/1 .