SELECTED ON-TIME PERFORMANCE 7/23/21 THROUGH 8/21/21

Results for this period are:

TOTAL TRAINS = 1145

ON TIME = 554 (48%)

LATE = 591 (52%)

AVERAGE DELAY = 43"

Of the late trains:
56% were 29" or less late;
20% were 30" to 59" late;
19% were 1' to 2' late;
8% were more than 2' late; and
<1% had no arrival time shown.

Unlike Amtrak's figures, no "grace" period is allowed. OT is OT and Late is Late!

BY ROUTE, WITH ON-TIME % AND AVERAGE DELAY:

CAPITOL LIMITED
#29 - 7% - 1' 54"
#30 - 10% - 1' 11"

CARDINAL (WAS)
#51 - 31% - 32"
#50 - 17% - 1' 24"

PENNSYLVANIAN
#43 - 40% - 19"
#42 - 37% - 20"

LAKE SHORE LIMITED
#49 - 10% -1' 04"
#48 - 39% - 22"

LAKE SHORE LIMITED (BOSTON / ALBANY)
#449 - 41% - 21"
#448 - 10% - 1' 03"

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
#59 - 07% - 1' 28"
#58 - 83% - 1' 05"

CRESCENT (WAS)
#19 - 24% - 1' 18"
#20 - 69% - 51"

DETROIT CORRIDOR
(W) - 43% - 39"
(E) - 58% - 30"

ST. LOUIS CORRIDOR
(W) - 75% - 24"
(E) - 53% - 54"

BUFFALO CORRIDOR
(W) - 24% - 30"
(E) - 64% - 17"

KANSAS CITY CORRIDOR
(W) - 50% - 35"
(E) - 50% - 31"

While there is some limited improvement, the overall results are lackluster.

Services which improved in both measured categories include:
eastbound "Cardinal";
westbound "Lake Shore Limited" and STL Corridor; and
both directions of the "Pennsylvanian" and the DET and BUF Corridors.

The delay causes for the reviewed services as shown by the Amtrak Twitter sites:
Amtrak Equipment = 51;
3rd Party = 27;
Weather = 31;
Amtrak Holds = 10;
Cancelled / Annulled = 22;
Crew Issues = 3;
Host Carriers = 173; and
N. O. S. = 465.

Included in the last category are numerous instances of extended delays in terminals or on the road for which no explanation is provided. Perhaps the feeling is that with so much padding in the schedules these delays will be made up en route, so why bother accounting for them.

The top performing service is "City of New Orleans" which has more than 2' 15" padding in each direction.

The poorest performers are the westbound "Lake Shore Limited" and eastbound "Capitol Limited".

The short corridors all benefit from 30" to 45"+ padding in the individual schedules so that the current schedules are longer than those of 60 years ago.

So much for progress.

The on times need to split the north bounds at NYP from the northbound arrivals at WASH. When the Cardinal, Palmetto. Silvers, & Crescent + some regionals can make up 1/2 to 1 hour WASH - NYP. that make up needs separating from the basic freight RRs south of WASH. How much more late for the arrivals at WASH would there be ?

The arrival figures for #'s 20 and 50 are at WAS as indicated.

I don't bother with NEC statistics.

If somebody else wishes to report on the other northbounds, that would be interesting to see the results.

Wow, this is incredibly bad.

daybeers wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:48 am Wow, this is incredibly bad.

Abd typically normal.

Responding to an off-line query about the performance of the short corridors:

WB STL had 18/30 dates that had 80% or better OT (5 trains / day); and

WB BUF had 3 / 30 dates that had 75% or better OT (4 trains / day).