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I've been getting this error on and off with JB's status maps over the last few days, both on the map pages and the train status pages. Happens both on my phone and my computer, and is sometimes fixed by a refresh. Anyone else having trouble? I still much prefer JB's map to the Amtrak one...

Spring is a month behind in the Upper Midwest, with more snow falling today into tomorrow. The Red River at Fargo is just starting to rise and is forecast to crest near record levels, sometime next week or the week after. Unless the crest exceeds the record of 40.83 feet set in 2009 the Empire...

Empire Builder #8(3) is currently 7:32 late out of Detroit Lakes, MN. It is more or less keeping pace with a massive snowstorm stretching from eastern Montana to Chicago, and per reports on other boards it has been delayed by a number of frozen switches along the way. #7(4) is 1:36 late in...

With the exception of one #4 37 minutes late at Gallup, NM and one #524 also 37 minutes late at Davis, CA, all of Amtrak's trains west of Chicago are running less than 30 minutes late today. Even the delay-plagued EBs are all green despite bitter cold across the northern plains. We usually...

Has anyone else noticed that "disrupted" (but not cancelled) trains continue to report station times about half of the time? Case in point: Empire Builder trains presently dealing with a bus bridge from Seattle to Everett - fairly minor as disruptions go. #7(3) and #8(3) have service...

If you try to book on the EB to/from Rugby, Devils Lake, or Grand Forks between October 15 and November 3, a bus appears in the itinerary. Per sources on the EB Yahoo group, the train will be detouring via New Rockford during this time on account of impassable track work at Devils Lake.

I've done a number of long trips out of Albany, OR and have always had someone take me to the station, but this weekend I am heading to Seattle for three days and I see that the Albany station has 50 free long-term (defined on the website as "overnight") parking spaces. Does anyone know what...

Passing along from the EB Yahoo Group: The ex-GN bridge over the Red River normally used by the Empire Builder was damaged by a freight derailment yesterday, forcing a detour over the ex-NP bridge a few blocks to the south. Until this is repaired, the EB must back into/out of the Fargo station...

From BNSF: Per Mark M. on the EB Yahoo Group, #7(19) and #8(19) will have a bus bridge between Wolf Point and Havre. Mark L.

From BNSF: News article: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20110829/NEWS01/108290301/Train-cars-derail-near-Havre?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage Mark

EB #7(10) shows a service disruption; delayed by a grain train with a broken coupler knuckle west of Havre, MT; 7 hours late at Whitefish; terminating at Spokane with passengers bussed onwards. Today's #8(12) will originate from Spokane, with passengers bussed from PDX/SEA. Info thanks to Mark...

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28478020/detail.html I have to laugh at the wording of that last sentence. Mark

The Empire Builder disruption has been variously estimated to last from two weeks up to a month or more. The exact time span will depend on how much damage is caused by the flooding. It looks pretty likely to me that the Souris River bridges at Minot will be washed out if the water rises...

http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=14913265

I've widely heard an estimate of of $100 million required to raise the track between Devils Lake and Churchs Ferry. Today I found a feasibility study published this April that has a better estimate and cost breakdown...

Service to Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Rugby may end within 24 hours. http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=48515

Posted on Railroad.net and the EB Yahoo Group: An interesting consist is making its way around the west, running from LA to Seattle last week and now headed over Stampede Pass on BNSF. It is running as an Electronic Train Management System test train - not sure if this is an Amtrak initiative...

Given the abysmal (20-50%) OTP of the Empire Builder in the winter, it would seem prudent to build some additional time into the schedule to allow for unavoidable delays (snow removal, low-temperature speed restrictions, frozen couplers/brake lines) while still enabling the train to arrive at...

I see all #7/#8 trains are in "service disruption" status once again after a few weeks of trouble-free operations. Per a reliable source on the Empire Builder Yahoo group, high water between Rugby and Minot will force a re-route between Fargo and Minot on the Surrey cutoff. Depending on what...

I've been noticing that Cascades #504, the late-morning train from Eugene to Portland, OR, shows a service disruption every day. Is Amtrak perhaps short an engine in the NW region, or is there a daily work window? Mark Corvallis, OR