Rule292 posted:Big_Boy_4005 posted:necrails posted:From the Amtrak/VIA live map, Westbound Empire Builder, both over 10 hours late, Eastbound Empire Builder both over 3 hours late.
https://asm.transitdocs.com/map
Maybe the CP was just letting the freights go through last night, as passengers are no longer considered a "perishable commodity". What are they going to do, complain to Amtrak.
A cynical person would say the railroads are doing this on purpose, to make their case for dumping the service, especially since they have a very sympathetic administration in power. My cynical factor is about 75%. I believe Congress has the final say on this, and so far the trains are being funded.
Hate to tell you but I rode the Maple Leaf under a very "Amtrak Friendly" administration (President and both houses of Congress at the time) and thought CSX screwed their Amtrak tenant when we went in the hole and sat there for half an hour to let a trash train through.
So you can leave your partisan politics at the door.
Gee, a whole half hour, more than ten years ago. I'm talking about double digit hourly delays, and outright full cancellations of trains. Apples and oranges in my book.
There was nothing partisan about that comment. Just stating the facts about about the current management. This entire topic is based on a Wall Street Journal article that said Amtrak wanted to drop the long distance trains, or did I just make that up?
