by shlustig
The results for 30 dates in the most recent period are:
TOTAL TRAINS = 1020
ON TIME = 183 (18%)
LATE = 837 (82%)
AVERAGE DELAY = 1' 10"
Only scheduled arrival times were used. No "grace" period was allowed.
Of the late trains:
279 (33%) were 29" or less late;
184 (22%) were 30" to 59" late;
219 (26%) were 1' to 2' late;
141 (17%) were more than 2' late; and
14 (2%) had no arrival times shown.
BY ROUTE, WITH O.T.P. AND AVG. DELAY:
CAPITOL LIMITED
#29 - 10% - 2' 12" #30 - 0% - 1' 47"
THREE RIVERS
#41 - 30% - 1' 30" #40 - 7% - 1' 09"
PENNSYLVANIAN
(W) - 20% - 51" (E) - 3% - 37"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED
#49 - 0% -2' 12" #48 - 7% - 2' 04"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED (BOSTON / ALBANY)
#449 - 0% - 1' 04" #448 - 0% - 1' 53"
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
#59 - 33% - 1' 29" #58 - 30% - 49"
CRESCENT
#19 - 0% - 54" #20 - 57% - 52"
DETROIT CORRIDOR
(W) - 26% - 49" (E) - 31% - 49"
ST. LOUIS CORRIDOR
(W) - 16% - 51" (E) - 6% - 1' 29"
SYRACUSE CORRIDOR
(W) - 28% - 41" (E) - 17% - 1' 07"
The results of this period are most disappointing with the sharp decrease in OTP and the increase of average delay to more than 1' versus the prior periods.
The percentage of trains less than 1' late declined by a third, while that of the trains more than 2' late doubled.
Of the trains more than 2' late, the Lake Shore Limited accounted for 40, the eastward St. Louis Corridor for 18 (14 of which were #22 Texas Eagle), the Syracuse Corridor for 18, the Capitol Limited for 15, the Three Rivers for 10, the City of New Orleans for 9, the Detroit Corridor for 8, and the Crescent for 7. The increase in the St. Louis Corridor is due to not operating an on-time section of #22 from St. Louis on the days when #22 was operating very late and to the late operation of #304 from KCY to STL.
The operation of the westbound Lake Shore Limited was disrupted by the failure of the Boston section (#449) to achieve a single on-time arrival over CSX to Albany . The operation of the Lake Shore Limited combined sections and of the Capitol Limited in both directions between Cleveland and Chicago continued to lose time on more than half the trips over this Norfolk Southern route.
The eastbound Pennsylvanian and 2 trains on the St. Louis Corridor (#21 and #304) managed to post only a single on-time arrival, while the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, the eastbound Three Rivers, and #49 and #64 on the Syracuse Corridor were on-time only twice each. Given the 1' 30"-plus padding in the schedule of the Three Rivers, this failure is surprising.
At least 65 trains departed their initial terminals (BOS, NYP, PNT, CHI, NOL, KCY) so late that an on-time arrival was not possible. This number is also an increase over prior periods. 28 of these departures were more than 1' late, 9 of which more than 2' behind schedule.
Even allowing for delays due to equipment shortages, severe weather related problems, and freight derailments, this was not at all a good period.
TOTAL TRAINS = 1020
ON TIME = 183 (18%)
LATE = 837 (82%)
AVERAGE DELAY = 1' 10"
Only scheduled arrival times were used. No "grace" period was allowed.
Of the late trains:
279 (33%) were 29" or less late;
184 (22%) were 30" to 59" late;
219 (26%) were 1' to 2' late;
141 (17%) were more than 2' late; and
14 (2%) had no arrival times shown.
BY ROUTE, WITH O.T.P. AND AVG. DELAY:
CAPITOL LIMITED
#29 - 10% - 2' 12" #30 - 0% - 1' 47"
THREE RIVERS
#41 - 30% - 1' 30" #40 - 7% - 1' 09"
PENNSYLVANIAN
(W) - 20% - 51" (E) - 3% - 37"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED
#49 - 0% -2' 12" #48 - 7% - 2' 04"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED (BOSTON / ALBANY)
#449 - 0% - 1' 04" #448 - 0% - 1' 53"
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
#59 - 33% - 1' 29" #58 - 30% - 49"
CRESCENT
#19 - 0% - 54" #20 - 57% - 52"
DETROIT CORRIDOR
(W) - 26% - 49" (E) - 31% - 49"
ST. LOUIS CORRIDOR
(W) - 16% - 51" (E) - 6% - 1' 29"
SYRACUSE CORRIDOR
(W) - 28% - 41" (E) - 17% - 1' 07"
The results of this period are most disappointing with the sharp decrease in OTP and the increase of average delay to more than 1' versus the prior periods.
The percentage of trains less than 1' late declined by a third, while that of the trains more than 2' late doubled.
Of the trains more than 2' late, the Lake Shore Limited accounted for 40, the eastward St. Louis Corridor for 18 (14 of which were #22 Texas Eagle), the Syracuse Corridor for 18, the Capitol Limited for 15, the Three Rivers for 10, the City of New Orleans for 9, the Detroit Corridor for 8, and the Crescent for 7. The increase in the St. Louis Corridor is due to not operating an on-time section of #22 from St. Louis on the days when #22 was operating very late and to the late operation of #304 from KCY to STL.
The operation of the westbound Lake Shore Limited was disrupted by the failure of the Boston section (#449) to achieve a single on-time arrival over CSX to Albany . The operation of the Lake Shore Limited combined sections and of the Capitol Limited in both directions between Cleveland and Chicago continued to lose time on more than half the trips over this Norfolk Southern route.
The eastbound Pennsylvanian and 2 trains on the St. Louis Corridor (#21 and #304) managed to post only a single on-time arrival, while the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, the eastbound Three Rivers, and #49 and #64 on the Syracuse Corridor were on-time only twice each. Given the 1' 30"-plus padding in the schedule of the Three Rivers, this failure is surprising.
At least 65 trains departed their initial terminals (BOS, NYP, PNT, CHI, NOL, KCY) so late that an on-time arrival was not possible. This number is also an increase over prior periods. 28 of these departures were more than 1' late, 9 of which more than 2' behind schedule.
Even allowing for delays due to equipment shortages, severe weather related problems, and freight derailments, this was not at all a good period.