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A Trip That Could Tire Even My Patience
Jan. 3rd, 2006 04:30 pmIt has been a bit of a slog getting back to the Bay Area these past two days and sending Lisa home by train.
( A few high[?]lights] )
It's not really the delays that bother me on this trip. Nearly every one of the delays was completely out of Amtrak's hands. They were the results of natural disasters -- washouts, downed trees on the line -- or of the host railroad -- UP derailments and slow orders. What bothers me is how it seemed nearly impossible for Amtrak to relay meaningful information to the passengers. They should have been able to make a more reliable revised arrival time to us, and allow us to go get some sleep.
I do feel sorry for the Amtrak station agent who had to work all night long, and there were a lot of hard-working Amtrak employees who told us all they knew, but who clearly didn't know a lot, about what was going on.
I am very tired and am going to try to get to bed early tonight, especially as I have to be up up and at it quite early tomorrow.
Update, January 4: Upon re-reading this, I realized a couple of paragraphs were telling the story out of order, so I rewrote them, and I also corrected a couple of typos.
( A few high[?]lights] )
It's not really the delays that bother me on this trip. Nearly every one of the delays was completely out of Amtrak's hands. They were the results of natural disasters -- washouts, downed trees on the line -- or of the host railroad -- UP derailments and slow orders. What bothers me is how it seemed nearly impossible for Amtrak to relay meaningful information to the passengers. They should have been able to make a more reliable revised arrival time to us, and allow us to go get some sleep.
I do feel sorry for the Amtrak station agent who had to work all night long, and there were a lot of hard-working Amtrak employees who told us all they knew, but who clearly didn't know a lot, about what was going on.
I am very tired and am going to try to get to bed early tonight, especially as I have to be up up and at it quite early tomorrow.
Update, January 4: Upon re-reading this, I realized a couple of paragraphs were telling the story out of order, so I rewrote them, and I also corrected a couple of typos.
