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What's Going On In the San Joaquin Valley?
Author: mook
Date: 09-10-2014 - 19:57
Interesting waste of time looking at various trains in Amtrak's Track-A-Train map after verifying status of the one I need to know about (meeting somebody tonight) ... anyway ...
SJV always used to be a pretty much on-time area; trains were seldom more than about 10 minutes late unless something dire happened. Not so any more, apparently; the good trains are 10-20 minutes late, with at least one every day running close to 2 hours (or more!) late. Yes, occasionally it's possible to find out through other means what happened when a train was running 15-20 min. late then suddenly jumps to 4+ hours (just before it disappears into a "service disruption" notice) - quick search of local papers revealed the grade crossing wreck. But the 1-2 hour lates don't seem to have any obvious cause - they just lose 20-40 minutes per stop, especially northbound. Is BNSF melting down in the Valley?
Funny: the only long-distance western Amtrak train that seems not to have any serious delays lately is the Sunset ... often on time, or even early.
SJV always used to be a pretty much on-time area; trains were seldom more than about 10 minutes late unless something dire happened. Not so any more, apparently; the good trains are 10-20 minutes late, with at least one every day running close to 2 hours (or more!) late. Yes, occasionally it's possible to find out through other means what happened when a train was running 15-20 min. late then suddenly jumps to 4+ hours (just before it disappears into a "service disruption" notice) - quick search of local papers revealed the grade crossing wreck. But the 1-2 hour lates don't seem to have any obvious cause - they just lose 20-40 minutes per stop, especially northbound. Is BNSF melting down in the Valley?
Funny: the only long-distance western Amtrak train that seems not to have any serious delays lately is the Sunset ... often on time, or even early.
What's Going On In the San Joaquin Valley?