Rare Millage detours

[Seaboard92]

What are the most common rare millage detours that are used for track work. Or floods?

 

[Bob Dylan]

The "Amish Country" Detourfor the Texas Eagle through Eastern Illinois and the Zephyr Detour from Denver to Salt Lake City via Wyoming on the UP Transcon are the most frequent as far as I know!

 

[Ispolkom]

Don't forget the Surrey Cut Off on the Empire Builder.

 

[OlympianHiawatha]

Or the TRE reroute of the Texas Eagle between DAL and FTW; but it sounds like within 50-100 years it may become the norm

 

[Steve4031]

The coast starlight detour through Bakersfield is another.

 

[jis]

Lake Shore Limited and Capitol Limited detour via Dearborn, through Michigan.

 

[Seaboard92]

How often does the LSL detour to michigan.

 

[jis]

Whenever there is a derailment or other cause that shuts down NS between Toledo and Chicago. Last summer during the NS meltdown they did it a couple of times too.

 

[railiner]

During spring floods in Iowa, the Zephyr often uses the UP between OMA and CHI....