This was interesting.
Dropped off my daughter at the Exton, PA, Amtrak/SEPTA station this past Monday afternoon. A tree fell on the catenary and the eastbound train (headed into Philly) before hers got its pantograph entangled as well. All this occurred about 100 yards west of the station. My daughter's train was about an hour late and the passengers boarded the train from the other platform (for the westbound trains). Don't know how long the passengers were delayed on the stopped train.
Jim
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I guess that's what can happen when the maintenance crews don't keep the foliage away from the right of way. Deferred maintenance shows up in many ways.
I can imagine shutting down the power on that line delayed things a bunch! 
@gunrunnerjohn posted:I can imagine shutting down the power on that line delayed things a bunch!
The catenary is sectionalized so they can shut off power to each track individually. They shut off that particular track (track 1) between Frazer and Paoli substations; perhaps they were able to isolate an even shorter section than that.
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