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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Geoff Mayo: [QB] While I understand the reasons for lengthening the schedule, it is a risky tactic to do so. On days with less traffic the Empire Builder will sit on a main line awaiting its booked departure time from stations, thus creating a pinch point. A fair chunk of the route is double track so while traffic can get past, it would do so at much reduced capacity. Such lengthening of schedules also lets dispatchers get complacent with regulation which again can lead to more delays. And will the schedule ever go back to the way it was? If the Sunset Limited is anything to go by, where there is vastly more capacity now than there was when the schedule was lengthened - when was it, 8 years ago? - then the answer is "no"! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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