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 #1507735  by shlustig
 
Results for this period are:

TOTAL TRAINS = 1200

ON TIME = 476 (40%)

LATE = 724 (60%)

AVERAGE DELAY = 51"

Of the late trains:
49% were 29" or less late;
23% were 30" to 59" late;
16% - were 1' to 2' late;
10% were more than 2' late; and
1% had no arrival time shown.

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

CAPITOL LIMITED
#29 - 33% - 1' 19"
#30 - 17% - 59"

CARDINAL (WAS)
#51 - 46% - 1'49"
#50 - 8% - 54"

PENNSYLVANIAN
#43 - 23% - 29"
#42 - 47% - 40"

LAKE SHORE LIMITED
#49 - 40% - 55"
#48 - 47% - 51"

LAKE SHORE LIMITED (BOSTON / ALBANY)
#449 - 77% - 12"
#448 - 10% - 43"

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
#59 - 70% - 1' 11"
#58 - 84% - 2' 55"

CRESCENT
#19 - 0% - 2' 12"
#20 - 0% - 2' 25"

DETROIT CORRIDOR
(W) - 11% - 35"
(E) - 16% - 42"

ST. LOUIS CORRIDOR
(W) - 52% - 28"
(E) - 43% - 1' 10"

BUFFALO CORRIDOR
(W) - 19% - 29"
(E) - 62% - 30"

KANSAS CITY CORRIDOR
(W) - 73% - 22"
(E) - 73% - 39"


Nearly a full complement of trains was reviewed in this period, the main exceptions caused by the truncation of the City of New Orleans due to flooding south of Memphis.

Services which improved in both measured categories included both directions of the STL and KCY Corridors.

The number of trains which departed their initial terminals too late to permit an OT arrival rose from 16 to 19.

Of the 76 trains which arrived more than 2' late, the Crescent accounted for 32.

Of the total delay minutes in this period:
Crescent accounted for 22%;
STL Corridor for 21%; and
DET Corridor for 16%.

The figure for the STL Corridor remains inflated because of the continued failure to provide for an OT section when #22 eastbound
Texas Eagle is excessively late and to the extremely poor performance of #21 westbound Texas Eagle -- 14% OT for the last 100 trips.

Of the trains not showing an arrival time, the missing figure for all was at CHI.

FYI, I backed off 1 day to use the month of April so you can compare Amtrak's figures when released. They are favorably skewed as
Amtrak allows a grace period on all trains. I'mm strictly old school: OT is OT and Late is F'n LATE!!!
 #1507990  by shlustig
 
In response to DMG's off-line query, the recent performance levels are substantially lower than that of 2 years ago.

In the period Jan / Feb 2017 we saw overall OT at 53% with 34" Avg. Delay.

KCY Corridor was 75% / 88%; STL was 65% / 73% ; Pennsylvanian was 77% / 75%; & even Crescent was 21% / 29%.

It has been an uneven downward spiral, and there is no sign that Amtrak will push for improvement let alone stabilize the
operations.
 #1508887  by shlustig
 
Further in connection with the performance of the DET Corridor, RML asked offline about congestion on this route.

AFAIK, there is no through freight service on the route between Porter and Dearborn, only local services.

There are, however, several "meets" between opposing Amtrak trains:

#350 meets #'s 371, 351, & 365 west of K'zoo and #353 near JXN;
#352 meets #353 west of NBU and #355 between ARB & DEA; and
#354 meets #355 at K'zoo.

Foregoing based on the published Amtrak TT on the Amtrak website.

I am not sufficiently familiar with the trackage involved as to any double-track or passing sidings; perhaps somebody could provide additional information.