by Tommy Meehan
Having looked at the Amtrak Empire Service schedule what surprised me was the times the Amtrak trains will use GCT. I had read it was three pairs of Amtrak trains but it was going to be during evening hours. The departures at 11:15AM and 2:15PM seem okay but 5:48PM is a surprise. The arrival at 10:54AM shouldn't be a problem but 7:34AM and 5:16PM are very busy times. Still it's only one train at a time. I presume the 5:16PM/5:48PM arr-dpt 242/239 [see below] will turn, possibly loop. If so I would guess there will be some problems with that one. That's a pretty tight turnaround at an extremely busy time.