FUD Wrote:
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> Thanks for the update. Makes sense, considering
> that the other trains were getting through with
> minor if any delay.
>
> As for the suggestion that passengers be bused
> from Ontario to Bakersfield - no. I've driven that
> route (from Riverside) several times recently.
> You're basically looking at a 4+ hour bus ride. I
> could see it happening only if #1 was trapped near
> there for some reason and had a lot of transfers
> on board, and also was getting buses for the rest
> of the passengers. The Starlight used to be
> routinely late anyway, so breaking the recent
> string of on-time performance for a good reason is
> OK; just, let's not make it a habit.

Due to the I-5 and SR-14 being closed (and no buses between Bakersfield and LA) I think taking the passengers off 1 and 3 and busing them over Cajon would have been smarter than holding 14 for 4 hours (yea it would have been a long bus ride) but it made the ride for all 14 much much longer