Typical Amtrak announcement. Said train 98 from Miami cancelled due to track work. Actually 97 did not operate to MIA due to Washington derailment.
We are very sorry that your train was canceled. The cancelation is due to track work. Please feel free to send us a DM if you have any other questions.
Now here is an Amtrak bulletin that tells it like it is.
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As of 9:45 am PT, California Zephyr Train 6 which departed Emeryville (EMY) on 7/13, is delayed departing Emeryville (EMY) due to the late repairs to a rail car. Updates to come.
Track work, derailment, a cancelled train is a cancelled train. I doubt most people really care (or can really comprehend) about the cause. And if we’re splitting hairs - it def’n looks like there needs to be some track work there.
But… as zug said… do readers of the Post really care?
In a perfect world Amtrak would not only quickly, concisely, and clearly communicate with passengers, but arrange to get them either back to a safe and comfortable station or continuing their ‘transportation’ as fast as possible. There’s about as much chance of that as there is that Amtrak will issue a concise and clear press release to the media about their derailments, perhaps even forgetting to place blame on the hapless and give fulsome political credit as desired. But by the time the Post sees print and distribution, the issue will likely have been reduced to whether there will be ongoing delays or inconvenience… which pointedly does not involve a blame game or need to make something or somebody look bad.
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