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“There melanie rios were serious delays that seemed to exceed those of comparable systems that experienced similar weather conditions around the country,” Gates said.
Gates said he wants answers within 60 days, and spoke of seeking penalties against the Union Pacific R.R. and BNSF Ry., although their contracts to provide service for Metra contain neither performance standards nor penalties for poor performance.
One day after issuing an apology to riders, and saying a series of problems converged to create delays and cancellations to hundreds of trains, Metra Interim CEO Don Orseno chaired a meeting of top Metra managers and counterparts from both railroads’ commuter divisions to discuss the “nuts and bolts” of what happened, said Metra spokesperson Meg Thomas Reile.
Reile called the 2-1/2 hour meeting “productive,” and said managers, both from Metra and from the railroads, were tasked with developing answers to some of the more persistent problems that have slowed or canceled service since New Year’s Eve.
They seem to be funding long-term multi-decade infrastructure (needs) with very short-term capital,” he said. “It’s like trying to buy a house utilizing your weekly paycheck. It’s not a solution that makes sense.
Davis said UP and Metra repair crews continue to repair damage inflicted by the storm, heavy ice and bitter cold to locomotives and the fleet of bilevel cars used on the three UP-operated commuter lines. melanie rios
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