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[QUOTE]Originally posted by smitty195: [QB] I am not as quick to defend Amtrak in these situations as you (dmwnc1959) are. That is probably because we have different experiences in our Amtrak history as passengers. When the train is stuck somewhere for hours, I highly doubt that the crew is "busy". They might be busy once in a while, but for the most part, they are in the crew car drinking coffee with their feet up on the table BS'ing with each other, and that is why the updates never come. As long as they are isolated from the passengers and don't have to listen to what they perceive as "whining", then they stay out of sight. I'm not saying that ALL crews do this---some do not, and are very good with updates about what is going on. But it is all too common for the employees to simply disappear into the crew car and kick back.....it happens all the time. I also would not assume that Amtrak would take measures if necessary. I can't recall the train or location, but within the last 1 to 3 years, there was an Amtrak train that was stuck in the snow for hours and hours and hours....no power, no food, no restrooms---nothing. When they somehow finally made it to the nearest platform, it was the kindness of the emergency responders and the community that helped those poor passengers. People opened up their homes, off-duty school bus drivers came in at night to bring buses to the station to get the people, they opened up the local school to provide warmth/food/shelter for them, restaurants that were closed were opened up and they made food for the people. Someone on here probably recalls this incident that I'm referring to as it made front page news for a while. Amtrak completely dropped the ball once again, and local townspeople had to rescue them. If anyone recalls this and can find a link to the story, please post it. Thanks. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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