The News Report from Hell

This is not really about antiplanning, but as a rail fan I am offended by this story about Amtrak weather delays. Far be it from the Antiplanner to defend Amtrak, but the NBC News reporter who wrote it just has his facts wrong.

He says the California Zephyr arrived in Chicago “almost 24 hours late” after a journey of “nearly five days” from Sacramento. “Almost 24 hours” turns out to be 19 hours, but the train normally takes less than 50 hours to go from Sacramento to Chicago, so how could the trip have taken five days?

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