Recent content by starlight11

They ended up serving Subway sandwiches (picked up in Kingman) for lunch and beef stew (which I decided to skip) for dinner. There were more delays as we got into California as we lost our priority to many BNSF and Metrolink trains. Between Riverside and Fullerton the train got within probably...

I think your description is spot on! I think that's exactly what happened. I think the conductor did in fact say dynamic braking, not counter braking. Currently we look to be about 12.5 hours late. The food supply is running low. Only continental breakfast available, which they stocked up on in...

My understanding is that we were going too fast around a curve and the train was leaning very far into one direction. The conductor later said that it was caused by failure of the counter breaking system. I may be using the wrong terminology, but that was the announcement. My service car...

I'm on this train right now (been on since CHI). Right outside of Raton we hit some kind of rock or boulder. The rock was evidently crushed but the brake hoses on the lead engine broke and locked up the braking system. We sat for probably 6 hours as the conductor attempted to release the...

Does Amtrak take a while to post an update when service is restored? The latest Amtrak update dated today (Sept 7) still says the Sunset Limited is unable to operate between NOL and SAS. https://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=AM_Alert_C&pagename=am/AM_Alert_C/Alerts_Popup&cid=1251656300218

Where are you seeing it running late so much? Not counting today, it's made the connection with the Cardinal the last 6 times in a row. According to this site...

I'm scheduled to travel on the Sunset Limited from NOL to Los Angeles in exactly 1 month. Does it seem likely that the tracks will be out for a long time? I'm wondering if I should be rethinking my plans.

Hey guys... couple of questions... In June I'm planning to take the Lakeshore Limited from NYC to Chicago and then jump on the Zephyr for the California Coast. The Lakeshore LTD arrives Chicago about 3.5 hrs before the departure of the Zephyr. How risky of a timetable is this? The LTD is...

Is there any chance that Amtrak might put out an application for mobile phones? I would love to be able to easily view all the train schedules and maybe even get real-time updates of train status right on my iPhone! :)