Swadian Hardcore
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Amtrak's reporting a Service Disruption for Texas Eagle Trains 21 and 22 of 17 September 2013. Anybody know what's going on?
Service Disruption for the Texas Eagle
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BrianPR3
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The Eagles are on the usual Re-Route through Amish Country between CHI and STL while the Lincoln Service Trains are being Bustittuted! It will happen again in October, Ive already received an e-mail Advisory from Amtrak that my Homeward Bound Train #21 on 10/20 will be taking the Corn Fields Reroute between CHI and STL! This will be my Fourth Time on the Re-Route, I enjoy seeing the Amish Folks in their Buggies, the Huge Farms and the Kids that Wave @ the Train as it Chugs by!
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Swadian Hardcore
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Thanks for the explaination. I still don't know why the whole train is showing Service Disruption. Thinking that the Amtrak computers are too dumb to track any status of a disrupted train.
I have a Lincoln Service trip scheduled on 10/20 and have received no such message.The Eagles are on the usual Re-Route through Amish Country between CHI and STL while the Lincoln Service Trains are being Bustittuted! It will happen again in October, Ive already received an e-mail Advisory from Amtrak that my Homeward Bound Train #21 on 10/20 will be taking the Corn Fields Reroute between CHI and STL! This will be my Fourth Time on the Re-Route, I enjoy seeing the Amish Folks in their Buggies, the Huge Farms and the Kids that Wave @ the Train as it Chugs by!
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You will, Amtrak has an Automated System that sends out e-mails when stuff like this happens! I might have gotten mine earlier since Im on a LD Train and you're Train is a State Train?? If you read the Notice in Post #2 of this Thread about Track Work on the CHI-STL Route you will see that it will occur again in October and that Notices will be Posted @ the Appropriate Time!I have a Lincoln Service trip scheduled on 10/20 and have received no such message.The Eagles are on the usual Re-Route through Amish Country between CHI and STL while the Lincoln Service Trains are being Bustittuted! It will happen again in October, Ive already received an e-mail Advisory from Amtrak that my Homeward Bound Train #21 on 10/20 will be taking the Corn Fields Re-Route between CHI and STL! This will be my Fourth Time on the Re-Route, I enjoy seeing the Amish Folks in their Buggies, the Huge Farms and the Kids that Wave @ the Train as it Chugs by!
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Swadian Hardcore
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It's still showing Service Disruption along with the CZ trains. This time around, the speed increases better shorten travel time.
Swadian Hardcore
Engineer
What route is it taking now? The only possible route I could find was on the NS to Litchfield and the BNSF to Girard. Cannot confirm if there are connections between the tracks at those places.Aha! I read that the service disruption is only between STL and Springfield. Since I am boarding in Springfield I will have a normal trip.
Swadian Hardcore
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What about the TE? So it still goes on the ex-C&EI? Why dosen't it take the route through Litchfield? That way it would keep more stops.
Has Amtrak ever used that detour?
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