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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Greg: [QB] A few observations having just taken train 4 last week from Los Angeles to Kansas City: There is quite a lot of excess padding between Los Angeles and Kansas City, probably 2 hours of which could either be removed or absorbed within the overall schedule if trackage across western Kansas was downgraded from Class 4 to Class 3. Some examples: 1) Departed Gallop 20 minutes late, but still 25 minutes early into Albuquerque (effectively 45 minutes of pad). The 20 minutes late at Gallup was mostly due to an earlier 5 spot stop at Kingman on account of unloading at a grade crossing from the south main instead of using the platform along the north main). 2) 25 minutes early into La Junta 3) 15 minutes early into Topeka 4) 35 minutes early into Kansas City. There was additional padding of lesser amounts, mostly 5 minutes or less throughout the route at numerous stops. There seems to be quite a lot of padding left over from the express era. Trackage to the Colorado border owned by New Mexico was in excellent condition. Jointed rail across western Kansas was rough, but not late 1980's IC CONO trackage across Illinois near-derailment rough. Traveling at 60 across western Kansas versus 79 would probably improve ride quality some without affecting overall run time if excess padding were excised from the schedule. Yards at Las Vegas and and Raton had no rail equipment at all, very eerie. It wouldn't appear removal of service via Raton has to be a done deal. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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