Amtrak Updates April 2018

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Amtrak Updates April 2018

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Amtrak 353 took the siding at Chelsea for Amtrak 350 to pass around 12:40.

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Amtrak 350 cleared Chelsea at 12:50 doing close to 80mph.

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Amtrak 352 through the West Side of Ann Arbor around 18:20, 35 minutes late.
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Amtrak #350 has two locomotives on today, back to back and the last car is inspection car American View. Should go back on #355 today ( April 25, 2018).

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Anyone know what happened to Amtrak 355 with the inspection cars? ? It still hasent left Pontiac as of right now (7:55 pm) and I was gonna head out to see it.

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cbtrower wrote:Anyone know what happened to Amtrak 355 with the inspection cars? ? It still hasent left Pontiac as of right now (7:55 pm) and I was gonna head out to see it.
Took time to wye the train, then they decided to hold them in Pontiac until 352 gets up there.

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GTW6401 wrote:
cbtrower wrote:Anyone know what happened to Amtrak 355 with the inspection cars? ? It still hasent left Pontiac as of right now (7:55 pm) and I was gonna head out to see it.
Took time to wye the train, then they decided to hold them in Pontiac until 352 gets up there.
Any clue on the current location?

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Amtrak website says Detroit at 8:41pm.

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I'm on 354, we're going to swap crews with 355, when we meet ~1hr east of the normal crew change station, Battle Creek.

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Update: we're holding at Albion for 355… in town now, not quite to the station, stopping just west of Albion St.

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364 by 205 on the cn flint sub at 0905

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