02-24-2020, 09:30 PM
As another example, February 18 was a real doozy too. While the freight train went up the spur line there were four LRVs waiting for it over a half hour period.
Northbound, 514 was held at Waterloo Public Square from 11:30 to 11:50, and 508 was held behind it at Allen from 11:43 to 11:52.
Southbound, 513 was held at Waterloo Park from 11:37 to 11:47, and 502 was held at Northfield from 11:45 until midnight.
From this I think we can deduce they are only closing off parts of the line, but ION traffic is stopped both ways in the dead sections. In this case none of the LRVs managed to make up the time, and it messed up the schedule for the rest of the night. There were two more nights in February with four LRVs involved (February 5 and 6), and February 20 would also have involved four if one of them hadn't just scooted past in time. CN has only run 8 freight trains so far in February, and half of them caused system-wide scheduling issues in addition to the ridiculous delays. The northbound trip at Waterloo Public Square always gets the worst of it: February's delays were 17:26, 19:30, 14:34, 10:35, 9:49, 10:26, 19:18, and 14:57.
Northbound, 514 was held at Waterloo Public Square from 11:30 to 11:50, and 508 was held behind it at Allen from 11:43 to 11:52.
Southbound, 513 was held at Waterloo Park from 11:37 to 11:47, and 502 was held at Northfield from 11:45 until midnight.
From this I think we can deduce they are only closing off parts of the line, but ION traffic is stopped both ways in the dead sections. In this case none of the LRVs managed to make up the time, and it messed up the schedule for the rest of the night. There were two more nights in February with four LRVs involved (February 5 and 6), and February 20 would also have involved four if one of them hadn't just scooted past in time. CN has only run 8 freight trains so far in February, and half of them caused system-wide scheduling issues in addition to the ridiculous delays. The northbound trip at Waterloo Public Square always gets the worst of it: February's delays were 17:26, 19:30, 14:34, 10:35, 9:49, 10:26, 19:18, and 14:57.