Midland Valley
Lead Service Attendant
Some were talking about the freight train schedules on the coast starlight tracking thread. While I was on the T Eagle the other day and stopped for UP freight congestion, I visited with the Conductor (a super guy) who said Amtrak was asked by UP to change its schedule a while back to accomodate the directional movement of block trains. I know they do that here at Pratt on the old Golden State Route, blocks of trains moving in the same direction. Anyway, he said that Amtrak did change to accomodate the Up and that it hasn't made things any better on thier dealing with delays. So what schedules if any are they talking about?