The eastbound California Zephyr that left California on the 5th is way late.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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It left Granby, Colorado, four hours late. In the thirteen miles from there to Fraser, it lost seventeen hours. It left Fraser 21 hours late. Not far behind it? The eastbound CZ that left California on the following day.

There are widespread power outages in Colorado too.

There’s no snow at all on the ground in Arvada.

[elleng]

1. ;-(

[kelly1mm]

2. Going to be on that train from Emeryville to Denver in June! nt

[CrispyQ]

3. Power outages are due to high wind, not snow.

90+ mile an hour where I live. Public Service made the call to shut off service in some areas cuz lines are above ground. Trying to avoid another Marshall fire that destroyed 1000 homes in an afternoon.

[House of Roberts]

4. For those not familiar with the VR cams, you can rewind up to twelve hours and see it in daylight.

This the guy that got me started watching these cams almost a year ago.

And good evening.

[DFW]

5. 21 hours late? Where do they think they are, anyway? Germany?

Decades ago, German trains were the envy of Europe. They were kept in excellent repair, and had enviable punctuality.

That is a bygone era. Now, they skimp on repairs, lack personnel, and have miserable relations with the unions, one of which is led by an old-fashioned East German with an Ulbricht accent who talks like an old time East German bureaucrat. He like TV interviews and seeing his name in the headlines. He doesn't care about much else, especially working passengers who had been encouraged for decades to be both environmentally and financially prudent, and take public transportation.

Two days ago, I was supposed to travel from Karlsruhe in southern Germany home to Düsseldorf. Though I left Karlsruhe on time at 14:00, everything after that was late or canceled, and I had to change four times just to make a two and a half hour trip that ended up taking five hours.

Countries that have trains, and in Europe and North America, that's all of them, need to be prioritizing their repair, use and technological improvement--constantly. In France, discussions are underway to phase out domestic flights altogether if the train service can be fast enough and reliable enough to replace the planes. I'm not sure they'll get there, but the fact that it's even under discussion is a step in the right direction.