Just discovered the new Track-a-Train feature on the Amtrak home page. (It's halfway down the page.) Very cool, although using it is a bit confusing at first, at least to me.
Posted by yukon11 (Member # 2997) on :
I think it is a little weird.
I punched in Amtrak Train 11, for the Coast Starlight, and got the drop down box showing where the train currently is. However, the map did not show train #11 although it did show other train numbers. A lot of blue and white arrows which didn't appear to be helpful.
Richard
PS - I just went back and tried it again. After punching in "11" and getting the drop-down box, I clicked on the train number in blue. I then got the position map, with the blue and white arrow, showing where 11 currently is. I guess it was helpful..I don't know.
Richard
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
Just think - up till now only 'Julie' has been able to see what we now have at our fingertips!
Posted by Jerome Nicholson (Member # 3116) on :
I wonder how Julie would have answered a question of THIS train's status: Amtrak train to NYC ends up in Philly suburbs Associated Press |
Amtrak officials are looking into how a New York-bound train took a wrong turn and ended up in the Philadelphia suburbs.
The Keystone train that originated in Harrisburg somehow got on the wrong track after leaving Philadelphia's 30th Street Station last week.
The train apparently missed a signal after leaving Philadelphia. SEPTA officials helped the crew return to the city, where passengers debarked and got on another train to New York.
An Amtrak spokesman tells The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/1bOjQo6) the train's crew is being held out of work until they undergo additional training.
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Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer, http://www.philly.com Posted by TwinStarRocket (Member # 2142) on :
"Next stop, Willoughby"
Posted by yukon11 (Member # 2997) on :
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jerome Nicholson: [QB] I wonder how Julie would have answered a question of THIS train's status: Amtrak train to NYC ends up in Philly suburbs Associated Press |
Amtrak officials are looking into how a New York-bound train took a wrong turn and ended up in the Philadelphia suburbs.
The Keystone train that originated in Harrisburg somehow got on the wrong track after leaving Philadelphia's 30th Street Station last week.
The train apparently missed a signal after leaving Philadelphia. SEPTA officials helped the crew return to the city, where passengers debarked and got on another train to New York.
An Amtrak spokesman tells The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/1bOjQo6) the train's crew is being held out of work until they undergo additional training.
***************************** To quote Julie, "GOT IT!"
Richard
Posted by Geoff Mayo (Member # 153) on :
Wrong-routing is nothing new - it happens often enough. Yet in this case it appears the train actually went several miles along a single-track curvy branch line before stopping, instead of a 4-track main line.
Posted by Geoff Mayo (Member # 153) on :
Apparently they were trying to turn the train via a wye - but the wye being a trio of lines a few miles long in total. Supposedly the crew unfamiliar with the territory missed the point at which they were supposed to reverse and kept on going.
Assuming there may be some facts in this story, why were a crew on tracks with which they were familiar?
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Here are photos and description relating to the incident that occurred during November:
Finally, 'the train's crew is being held out of work until they undergo additional training' roundly translates to 'held from service (no pay) pending investigation'. That will likely result in a 'fair and impartial hearing' . From that hearing, discipline up to and including dismissal may be assessed, however the disciplined employees do have avenues under, first, their Agreement, and if unresolved, the Railway Labor Act to progress appeals of such discipline.
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