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by twropr
Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:57 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Updates February
Replies: 9
Views: 11506

Re: Amtrak Updates February

You Sir, are correct.....switch problems at Milwaukee Jct. yesterday made 350 extremely late, local management getting their decisions overturned by the 'managers :roll: ' above them, and the crew shortage in Michigan rearing it's ugly head all contributed to this mess #350 sat in Detroit from 2:53...
by twropr
Sun Feb 10, 2019 3:54 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Updates February
Replies: 9
Views: 11506

Amtrak Updates February

Does anyone know why #353 left Pontiac 2 hrs 21 M LT on Friday the 8th?
thanks!
Andy
by twropr
Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:07 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Still no ITCS east of Kalamazoo on Amtrak
Replies: 4
Views: 4145

Still no ITCS east of Kalamazoo on Amtrak

I understand it is installed and being tested, but was told this quite a while ago. I found this post on another board and wonder if it might be true: The Chargers are ITCS equipped, but Siemens and Amtrak have had problems with getting support from the system manufacturers in developing the require...
by twropr
Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:57 am
Forum: Indiana Talk
Topic: NS Dispatcher changes
Replies: 17
Views: 15651

Re: NS Dispatcher changes

Are the train dispatchers still in Dearborn, or have they moved to Atlanta?
Andy
by twropr
Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:01 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Amtrak Michigan Service Woes: 09/16/18
Replies: 12
Views: 5543

Re: Amtrak Michigan Service Woes: 09/16/18

I read on another forum that ENG 31 failed while #351 was sitting at Battle Creek (don't know what happened to it) and #365 coupled onto the ailing train and took it to Chicago.
Andy
by twropr
Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:12 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Any extra cars on Amtrak?
Replies: 2
Views: 2456

Any extra cars on Amtrak?

The AAA is predicting record holiday travel this 4th? How 'bout Amtrak - are any extra coaches being run on the MI trains?
Andy
by twropr
Tue May 29, 2018 3:54 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Has anyone seen the PGA Special
Replies: 4
Views: 3168

Has anyone seen the PGA Special

Amtrak was supposed to run a Chicago-St. Joseph train on May 26 for the PGA tournament. Any reports from you who have seen it will be appreciated.
Andy
by twropr
Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:13 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Ann Arbor station stop signs
Replies: 14
Views: 4008

Ann Arbor station stop signs

I just learned that Ann Arbor has signs to assign the engine crews in properly spotting the trains on the station platform. Were they recently erected? Prior to this I had never heard of station stop signs outside of the Northeast Corridor former Pennsy lines. Are there plans for a new station at AA...
by twropr
Mon Jan 15, 2018 2:44 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: January Amtrak sightings
Replies: 24
Views: 11262

Re: January Amtrak sightings

Since the cold weather, have any of the WOLVERINES, BLUE WATER or PERE MARQUETTE trains been operating with Superliners?
Have there been Chargers on the PERE MARQUETTE?
Thanks!
Andy
by twropr
Wed Dec 27, 2017 12:11 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Wye on GTW/CN?
Replies: 11
Views: 2935

Wye on GTW/CN?

On Sat. the 16th Amtrak #351 had a bad coupler in the first car, which required the train to be turned on a wye so that the locomotive could couple onto what had been the last car leaving Pontiac. This happened on the CN just before the train got to Detroit. Where on the CN would the wye have been w...
by twropr
Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:49 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: December Amtrak Sightings
Replies: 0
Views: 3880

December Amtrak Sightings

Anyone know what happened to Tuesday's #351, which lost 4'18" from Detroit to Dearborn and continue to lose time into Chicago?
Thanks!
Andy
by twropr
Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:08 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: AMTRAK Updates November 2017
Replies: 12
Views: 6176

Re: AMTRAK Updates November 2017

justin_gram wrote:Andy, they gave the Pere Marquette an extra Superliner today... adding up to 4.
I reach on another forum that a Siemen's Charger was pulling the Holland turn extra train - can anyone confirm this? Unit number?
This may be the first Charger in MI!
Andy
by twropr
Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:33 am
Forum: Indiana Talk
Topic: CP 421 Upgrade
Replies: 376
Views: 174547

Re: CP 421 Upgrade

Is the new Amtrak platform at Elkhart served by TK 1 or TK 2?
Andy
by twropr
Wed Nov 22, 2017 10:02 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: AMTRAK Updates November 2017
Replies: 12
Views: 6176

Re: AMTRAK Updates November 2017

Today is one of the two busiest of the year for Amtrak (the other being Sunday. I will appreciate any sighting you get of trains in MI. Each one, except for the Pere Marquette is supposed to have an extra car or two. Will 364/365 be the biggest (9-10 cars)? Will the Pere Marquette and Holland turn h...
by twropr
Mon Oct 30, 2017 12:59 pm
Forum: Illinois Talk
Topic: CN and NS Announce Joint Interline Service
Replies: 4
Views: 8322

Re: CN and NS Announce Joint Interline Service

I will be interested in how this actually works. I suppose Elkhart is pre-blocking a train that goes to the CN, but where? And what yard on the CN would build the train destined to Elkhart?
Andy
by twropr
Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:04 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Progress of the Michigan Line M/W (part 5)
Replies: 21
Views: 10974

Progress of the Michigan Line M/W (part 5)

I had to trace clear back to Nov. 2016 to find the last report. Has ANYTHING been happening with track/signal/crossing upgrades on the Michigan Line this summer/fall? Supposedly last spring enough work had been completed that Amtrak and MDOT had applied to the FRA for speed increases through the cur...
by twropr
Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:01 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Updates August 2017
Replies: 23
Views: 11019

Re: Amtrak Updates August 2017

Amtrak train just arrived in Battle Creek and had crew change, continuing east now. I was told it is a "test" train, but not what its testing! :lol: AMTK 519 with 4 coaches with AMTK 518 on the tail. Understand this equipment was sent to run over track that had recently been surfaced to compress th...
by twropr
Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:07 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Updates August 2017
Replies: 23
Views: 11019

Re: Amtrak Updates August 2017

Does anyone know why ITCS was taken out of service over the Michigan Line last week? Also does anyone know why there are still slow orders (I think they started in April or May) west of Kalamazoo that are delaying trains 10-15 minutes? With the slow orders and ITCS down, it is taking #351 over 90 mi...
by twropr
Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:13 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Updates July 2017
Replies: 15
Views: 8260

Re: Amtrak Updates July 2017

Amtrak Consists at Chesterton Amtrak #29 - Capitol Limited: 8:25 AM CDT AMTK P42DC 138 AMTK P42DC 23 - Running an hour late Amtrak #49 - Lake Shore Limited: 10:08 AM CDT AMTK P42DC 104 AMTK P42DC 113 - Running an hour and 30 minutes late Did #29 have a Viewliner sleeper? There have been problems wi...
by twropr
Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:11 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Updates July 2017
Replies: 15
Views: 8260

Re: Amtrak Updates July 2017

Where would #49 have gotten onto the former NKP to Bellevue and which line would it have taken to travel from Bellevue back to Toledo? In Toledo where would the former NKP that it took have connected with the Chicago Line (or one of the lines thru Stanley that would get it back to the Chicago Line)?...