Inotice #11 is running 8 hours late today. It was about 3 hours late into Eugene last night, then lost over six hours between there and K-Falls. Looks like it made up an hour since then.
What in blazes happened this time?
Something tells me my next trip to Oregon will be via I-5.
Posted by rY. (Member # 3528) on :
Only if you have to be home by a certain time... is it me, or are the northbound trains doing far better than the southbound trains?
Posted by Eric (Member # 674) on :
UP MOW work?
Posted by Mr. Toy (Member # 311) on :
#11 is now 11.5 hours late, and still hasn't made Salinas. Last report was at San Jose.
Posted by Bil (Member # 4276) on :
I've been watching that today as well. I just hope when I ride it next month it is either that late so I can sleep through the night and not have to get off in LA at 1:00 in the morning when it is 4 hours late. 7:00 a.m. would be much better!
Bil
Posted by Room Service (Member # 2405) on :
That happened to me once. 2 nites on the starlite. It was wonderful.
Posted by Mr. Toy (Member # 311) on :
Well, #11 has been doing poorly all week, running 6-12 hours late into Salinas every single day. I check up the line and see that it loses much of its time in the Cascades.
#14 seems to be losing a lot of time in the Cascades, too, but not nearly as much.
No train trips north for me until this clears up.
Posted by George Harris (Member # 2077) on :
"How bad can it get?"
Mr. Toy, this is a question we learned to quit asking, because we found that we usually did not like the answer.
Posted by RRRICH (Member # 1418) on :
Mr. Toy - has there been bad weather in the Cascades lately? Has that been one reason for the tardiness of #11?
Posted by Bil (Member # 4276) on :
I live in Eugene, OR, and will be taking the CS next month, and I have been watching the times. It has been at least 2-3 hours late in to Eugene the last few day, and we have had cold but dry weather in the NW for the past week. Hardly a cloud in the sky.
If the CS is already 2+ hours late in to Eugene, that isn't a good start.
Bil
Posted by sbalax (Member # 2801) on :
When I was in Oakland on Friday we saw #11 arrive about 6 hours late. I asked one of the coach attendants what the delay was and she said "Lots of freight".