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Originally Posted by BeamOn
Last month I took Amtrak between DC and Raleigh and the train was full in both directions but ran close 2 hours late either way on around a 6 hour trip. This was caused mainly by right of way issues rather than Amtrak's inefficiency.
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Because Amtrak only owns track from DC to Boston where the Accela runs*. So as beggars on CTX, BNSF, and other lines tracks they take second place behind freight traffic. We got bumped onto sidings a few times on our trip out west. The Europeans think we are nuts.
*Excellent track most of it being steel&concrete ties and welded rail. BNSF is doing a lot of that as well.
05-14-2015, 12:18 PM
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