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Has the coast starlight been running on time into Seattle? We will be on it from LA to Seattle in Oct. Thanks
jp1822 Member # 2596
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Go to www.amtrak.com and click the icon on the right side of the screen, just below the reservation part, that says, "Check Train Status." You can enter arrival and departure info - from: LAX (Los Angeles) to: SEA Seattle - for the Starlight and date ranges to check the status. If you get a "good" sales rep at the 1-800 number they too can tell you how the train has been performing (key word: "good")
MP 6.7 Member # 2654
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The Coast Starlight runs on the BNSF Seattle Sub that goes past my house in Tacoma, WA just before the Nelson Bennett Tunnel (at MP 6.7, of course). I see it every evening, and it is usually 1.5-3 hours late, sometimes later, and sometimes earlier. I'd say that 75% of the trains fall into 1.5-3 hours late into Seattle.
I heard this from an Amtrak conductor once (I don't know if he was BS-ing me or not):
Once the train is more than one hour late, the railroad decreases priority. Believe me, if you are an engineer of an Amtrak train and are getting run around by a garbage train, it isn't a good feeling.
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