#6 CZ Eastbound

[RailFanLNK]

Does anyone know why the #6 is 13 hours late today? I'm on the #6 with two kids in 5 days. Thanks!

 

[AmtrakFan]

Rail Rookie,

It is very puzzling most of the Delay was between Denver and Ft. Morgan, not sure why.

 

[AmtrakFan]

UPDATE

Just got a e-mail and it had to do with a Fregiht Train Derailment.

 

[RailBirder]

The train you'll catch in Lincoln leaves Emeryville 2 days before you leave. You can track that train across the country and get a good idea how late it will be. Usually most of the delays seem to be west of Salt Lake...ie if it's 2 hours late into Salt Lake you can figure it'll be at least 2 hours late at Lincoln. ENJOY your trip

 

[railrookie]

So will this disrupt the time that the #5 leaves Chicago tomorrow? Is this the same train that will turn around and start westbound? Or will another set leave Chicago tomorrow on time?

 

[AmtrakFan]

Railrookie,

They should have enough time to service the Train. It only takes 5-7 Hours.

 

[RailFanLNK]

You know.....I wouldn't care at all about the train and its OTP, but I have two kids (not mine) with me starting tomorrow night from midnite til Labor Day morning. Does Amtrak sell Valium? :lol: The "train" part is going to be my favorite part of our weekend trip. I feel the kids will eat it up, not show it and then "pretend" that it s***'s! Oh well.... Its not child abuse if there's no witnesses right?!? :lol:

 

[GG-1]

You know.....I wouldn't care at all about the train and its OTP, but I have two kids ....

Aloha

But If you are really 4 kids, then maybe a connection may develop. GOOD LUCK

 

[AmtrakFan]

The Final Score was it arrived at 7:32AM.

 

[boratwanksta]

The Final Score was it arrived at 7:32AM.

ah, i was just thinking about posting this yesterday here. only reason i didn't was i ended up doing a lot of catchup studying last night for my classes. i'm such a ridiculously bad procrastinator though, that i probably should've went ahead and posted it.....

 

[boratwanksta]

Rail Rookie,It is very puzzling most of the Delay was between Denver and Ft. Morgan, not sure why.

anyone know if the area between these stops is single or double-tracked? i'm trying to improve my knowledge of the capacity of the rail routes that Amtrak runs their trains along.

 

[AmtrakFan]

Ok Here's the other side, apperntly I am told now by a family member who saw it, they said it had 2 SD40-2's and 2 P42's. Not Sure why.

 

[George Harris]

From the BNSF Powder River Division employee timetable of January 2002, Ft. Morgan to Denver is 78 miles, single track with 9 passing track so f around 7,000 feet each, CTC and a 79 mph passenger train speed limit with only a couple of sped restrictions. This line does carry a lot of coal trains. The siding spacing is quie close, in fact only around five miles between some of them. It climbs 1000 feet between these points, so #6 would be the downhill train, all theough there are some upgrades eastbound, as well as westbound.

Since the BNSF had spending a lot of money on adding track capacity, the 2002 situation may not be the 2006 situation, but on this line any changes would probably be for the better.

George