Train #2 has been anulled by a freight derailment on the UP at someplace called Glamis. Don't know if they are going to bus the passengers or not. Train #1 terminated in Palm Springs, passengers bussed.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Service Alert: Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle Trains Canceled Due to Union Pacific Derailment at Glamis, Arizona
July 26, 2006, 4:00 pm PST
Due to Union Pacific freight derailment at Glamis, Arizona, Amtrak Sunset Limited trains 2(26) and 1(27) are cancelled along the entire route with no alternate transportation. Texas Eagle train 21/421(27) is cancelled west of San Antonio, Texas with no alternate transportation.
Passengers traveling to Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso and St. Louis will be re-accommodated on the Southwest Chief train 4 where they will board buses at Flagstaff, Albuquerque and Kansas City to their final destinations. The railroad is estimated to reopen by Friday, July 28.
Passengers are encouraged to call 800-USA-RAIL or visit Amtrak.com for updated information on this temporary service disruption.
Posted by SunsetLtd (Member # 3985) on :
Also it lists Train 1 is being cancelled with no alternate transporation. But Train #1 is listed on the train status page as being 20 mins late out of Beaumont, TX. So does anyone know if it will be running all the way to LA? It would arrive LA friday the day UP says they'll reopen the track.
Posted by Boyce (Member # 2719) on :
Mr. Norman: Assuming you are using "vice" as a preposition meaning "a substitute"; What is your point? Ah, I see, your refernce to "Google" results for scooters is all too clear and you say you have no sense of humor!!
Posted by Mr. Toy (Member # 311) on :
Yes, well done Mr. Norman. Too subtle for me just now, though. Thanks to Boyce for clearing it up.
Posted by RRRICH (Member # 1418) on :
Hmmmmm - I believe Glamis is actually in California, south of the Salton Sea. But no matter where it is, why would they run #1 all the way to Palm Springs before annulling it? Palm Springs is DEFINITELY west of Glamis...... or was it Train #2 which only ran to Palm Springs?
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
As I noted at another posting here, Google is no longer an "ars gratia artis' research tool. It's primary goal is to sell advertising and obviously in their wisdom the only reason one would have occasion to be interested in Glamis CA would be to ride dirt bikes.
I wonder how much spam I will get from dirt bike dealers because I made that map inquiry.
Sic transit Google, it was great while it lasted. The IPO apparently has changed all that.
Posted by PaulB (Member # 4258) on :
Never mind Google maps, you can find Glamis as far as UP is concerned here:
I know for a fact the Sunset went through Ontario yesterday around 3:35 PM.
I was in the Ontario convention center taking the California Bar Exam. During the test a distinctive K5LA could be heard. Had to be the Sunset. So is this the one that only went as far as Palm Springs?
Another question. If Amtrak is putting them on the Chief does this mean the train I'm taking tomorrow (#4 tomorrow night) will be extra long, extra crowded, or will the Sunset be running as normal?
BTW, if anyone is going to be at the Fullerton station tomorrow night come on over and say hi. I'll be east of the pedestrian bridge awaiting my sleeper. I'll likely be wearing a Fox Racing shirt and have my scanner and headphones. (My name is Matt)
Posted by RRRICH (Member # 1418) on :
Southwest Chief - I clicked on your web site and enjoyed your model RR photos!! We rode the Silverton train on our vacation, and the structures in your model look pretty realistic!!
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
quote:Originally posted by Southwest Chief: I was in the Ontario convention center taking the California Bar Exam.
OT Mr.Chief; always remember with any professional exam, 'you can feel you did just terribly and still pass'.
GBN, CPA
Posted by Southwest Chief (Member # 1227) on :
Thanks RRRICH...The structures are mostly Pola and Piko kits. They make great products.
And Thanks Mr. Norman...It was a grueling experience. Come November I'll find out the good or bad news Posted by George Harris (Member # 2077) on :
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