by commuterjoe
Could there possibly have been a worse location for a train to break down?? I guess in this case it was good that the protect was at Jamaica...
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Amtrak7 wrote:If this apology is accurate, only one of the 4 tracks were blocked. The LIRR ran without one of their 4 tracks when the M7 derailed on the main line a few months ago; there was a mess, but I don't think delays in the 60min+ range developed. It's obvious that the HAROLD work played a part here.The only thing is that last time track 1was OOS, this time it appears track 3 bit the dust, so that might've played a roll. Plus last time they were able to strategically anull/cancel/divert trains that might have made things flow a lot easier.
lirr42 wrote:I'm surprised they didn't divert anything. As soon as they saw this incident would take a long time to clear they should've started to cancel/combo and divert. For some reason the railroad rarely does cancel/combos for most of the AM rush hour (not counting things for which they have time to plan, like the derailment cleanups)Amtrak7 wrote:If this apology is accurate, only one of the 4 tracks were blocked. The LIRR ran without one of their 4 tracks when the M7 derailed on the main line a few months ago; there was a mess, but I don't think delays in the 60min+ range developed. It's obvious that the HAROLD work played a part here.The only thing is that last time track 1was OOS, this time it appears track 3 bit the dust, so that might've played a roll. Plus last time they were able to strategically anull/cancel/divert trains that might have made things flow a lot easier.
It was an unlucky chain of events, but stuff happens I guess!
RestrictOnTheHanger wrote:The lower Montauk wouldn't have been any help at all. Most of the congestion was east of Jamaica. It was so bad today trains were backing up as far as Hicksville and Wantagh. (Disclaimer: I bailed from 613 at Jamaica and went to Brooklyn instead. No congestion on the Atlantic branch west of there)Should have stayed on 613... after we left Jamaica it was smooth sailing, 20 minutes to HPA from there.