Power Failure Delays Amtrak
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Amtrak’s morning train from San Diego to Los Angeles arrived an hour and a half late Tuesday after a power outage caused the switches to fail between San Diego and San Juan Capistrano.
Mike Monte, Amtrak reservation sales agent, said the trains had to reduce speed to 20 m.p.h. for safety reasons, since the switches were not working. Trains normally travel 65 to 70 m.p.h.
The train was an hour and 50 minutes late in Santa Ana and an hour and 55 minutes late in Fullerton. It arrived in Los Angeles at 9:30 a.m., an hour and a half late.
The switches failed at 5:45 a.m. and were back in service at 8:40 a.m. Monte said one southbound train and one northbound train were affected.
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