Status Maps

[CNW]

On the Amtrak Status Maps when you look at the details sometimes it says CT by a station. What does that stand for?

 

[Mackensen]

Central Time. You'll only see that if there's no posted arrival time yet.

 

[CNW]

I thought that but was puzzled that on #4 today (which has arrived chi now) there was a CT by Newton and Topeka or Lawrence and Topeka -can't remember which two but the train had already gone by. I wondered if that meant it had not stopped.

 

[ScottC4746]

I thought there was an unoffical website that shows status on trains but cannot find it.

 

[Partyman]

I thought there was an unoffical website that shows status on trains but cannot find it.

Is this it?

http://www.dixielandsoftware.com/

 

[ScottC4746]

I thought there was an unoffical website that shows status on trains but cannot find it.

Is this it?

http://www.dixielandsoftware.com/

Found it at http://www.amtrakdelays.onlineschedulingsoftware.com/index.php

 

[anir dendroica]

The "comments" column contains the time zone (ET, CT, MT, PT) until it is replaced by a recorded arrival/departure time. If Amtrak doesn't enter arrival/departure data into their system, the time zone indicator remains. This does NOT mean that the train didn't stop there, only that it wasn't entered into the computer system.

http://72.148.42.113:8080/scripts/archivefinder.pl?seltrain=7&selyear=2011&selmonth=04&selday=01

No times displayed for Red Wing, MN (RDW), so it still says CT. Note that all of the western stops still say MT or PT since the train hasn't gotten there yet.

(This example will only work for the next day or so, until #7(4) completes its run.)

Mark

 

[CNW]

Thanks much for the explanation.