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Posted by Railroad Bill (Member # 5097) on :
 
Anyone know why the SWC lost two hours time between ABQ and Gallup, NM. Was only a few minutes late into ABQ but down 2 hrs + by time it reached Gallup and never made up much. After 9am by time it reached Fullerton this morning.
Just curious like my cat
Railroad Bill
 

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Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
 
Railroad Bill, inquiries like yours would be greatly helped if the train's number and date of origin were to be addressed. In this instance, I am completely at a loss to know which "SWC" you are addressing, although I think you are addressing a WB #3. Lest we forget, there are two such on the road at any time.
 

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Posted by gp35 (Member # 3971) on :
 
Train 2 out of LA into Beaumont, 10 minutes late. It's usually 2 hours late.
 

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Posted by Railroad Bill (Member # 5097) on :
 
Sorry Mr. Norman,
I was talking about Train #3 scheduled to arrive in Fullerton on May 18 at 6:30am. Left Chicago on May 16th.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Railroad Bill
 

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Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
 
RRB, I must admit I don't know, but somebody likely will.

Incidentially, official Amtrak protocol identifies the train you are addressing as #3(16).
 

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Posted by Southwest Chief (Member # 1227) on :
 
Possible the Chief hit another suicide attempt outside of Gallup. The delay time and location seems about right for this unfortunate and not too uncommon scenario.
 

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Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
 

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Originally posted by gp35:
Train 2 out of LA into Beaumont, 10 minutes late. It's usually 2 hours late.

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Must be karma......can't have too many trains within 15 minutes of on-time all at once or the weight of the trains would cause the earth's orbit to become lopsided. An almost always on-time SWC running 2 hours late must be compensated by a nearly always late Sunset arriving close to the advertised......

OK.....yes, I'm kidding. Thanks for delivering the straight line Mr. GP!
 

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Posted by TwinStarRocket (Member # 2142) on :
 
And the Starlates are running on time. Could the earthquakes in China be related to this phenomena?
 

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Posted by amtraxmaniac (Member # 2251) on :
 
The Devil's downhill skiing. LOL
 

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Posted by 20th Century (Member # 2196) on :
 
More like lighting a candle under someone's bottom?
 

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Posted by TruckTrains (Member # 6938) on :
 
LOL @ amtraxmaniac
 

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