News concerning a large explosion on CSX tracks east of Cleveland today. Latest word is that Lake Shore in both directions will be delayed and may need to bus passengers around the fiery crash site near Painesville, Ohio. Train is still buring as of 9PM EST. We are leaving on the Capitol Limited in about four hours but Julie noted that Capitol will not be affected. Posted by sojourner (Member # 3134) on :
I was on eastbound LSL; detour was not long & delays not bad. We made it to Albany less than 1-1/2 hours late & much of that delay was incurred waiting in Erie for the Cleveland bussees; also some slow going in western NY.
Posted by Amtrak207 (Member # 1307) on :
When I rode back from visiting my family last weekend (ROC-SDY) the slow-going was to get past CSX's maintenance mega-gang around milepost 263 in Canastota, New York. I was kind of happy that we only had to wait for one freight train (with three more stacked up behind it waiting for us!) on the way out. The rest would just be following freights and the usual slow orders peppered about. Ethanol, the wave of the future! (as long as the equipment stays on the rails)
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