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Re: Amtrak cancelations for Sunday 7th

Posted by Alan Follett on Sun Feb 7 12:40:28 2010, in response to Re: Amtrak cancelations for Sunday 7th, posted by Dave on Sun Feb 7 12:04:52 2010.

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Nope, weather-related cancellations were pretty rare in those days. Railroads promoted themselves as all-weather transportation. In the late Fifties, when a particularly wet, heavy snow did shut down the NEC due to clogged air intake filters on the GG-1 fleet, it was considered unusual enough that Pennsy officials were called before Congress to explain what went wrong..

Of course, at that time the railroads had a lot more track workers on their payroll, who could be turned loose with shovels.

Alan Follett
Hercules, CA

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