They used a P-42 that was on the Heartland Flyer ( #822) which was shown as Service Disruption this morning!
That would be a good use of unused equipment. It looks like the Heartland Flyer has been in SD pretty much all week. That's a disappointment too.
If you noticed, # 22 is already 5+ Hours down after leaving Taylor, hasn't even made Temple yet! #21 is also late, just left Dallas 3 hours late heading for FTW!!
You'll know by the time #21/#421 gets to the DFW area what kind of OTP the Eagle is running on your day of departure! Of course you can check in Amtrak Status Maps, call Julie or Track a Train also!
Since CBR is the very next stop from FTW, I would have to check status of arrival to DAL in order to give us enough time to get to Cleburne, get parked and trackside. I plan to use the 800 number to check status once there - neither of us have a smart phone.
If you ask for notifications from Amtrak they'll text or e- nail you notifications about your train! If it's going to be a Bustitution, which I doubt since the #421 cars have to be switched in SAS to #1, in the past they've skipped CBR and MGR and run buses from FTW to stops in TPL, TAY( if anyone is scheduled on/off)AUS,SMC and also Express buses from FTW to AUS and SAS!!
I think that I have service notices selected to our cell phones. Don't they also have a spare set of one coach and one sleeper as protect in SAS? Because of that they don't necessarily have to get the 421 down there. Why would they skip CBR and MGR if they have scheduled (booked) passengers waiting there? If they forgot us we'd be pretty upset, to say the least.
Hopefully you'll get to ride the Train the while way! Hacmve you thought about parking in Temple and riding from there? It's a Staffed Station with checked luggage!
Well, Temple is almost 85 miles from my house. I really don't want to have to drive that far. The station at CBR is staffed by the local transportation (city bus - CleTran) employees usually until about 6 p.m. on weekdays. They also have plentiful and free parking. We are not bringing enough baggage to bother with checking. We will only have one rolling duffel to accompany our two (small) backpacks. We are not renting a car at our destination. The Hotel Congress is pretty much straight across the street from the station, and they now have their new street car in service. It also has a stop right out the main door of the hotel. We will be on foot for the two evenings we are in Tucson.
Not that I have anything against the station in Temple, though. We have visited in the past and it has a lot of interesting stuff to do during your wait.