Amtrak halts bus rides for Coast Starlight train passengers.Byline: The Register-Guard Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run will stop offering bus rides today to passengers scheduled to use the Coast Starlight between Seattle and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and continuing through at least Jan. 31. The railroad announced the move Wednesday after a landslide closed the track east of Oakridge over the weekend. Union Pacific, which owns the track, said earlier this week that it expected the line to be closed for a few weeks. Amtrak had been offering bus rides around the closure. The trains affected include the northbound Coast Starlight, Train 14, which is canceled through Jan. 31; and the southbound Coast Starlight, Train 11, which is canceled through Feb. 1. Both trains are canceled between Seattle and Los Angeles, which is the length of their runs. Amtrak said the cancellation of the Coast Starlight trains could be extended past Feb. 1. Passengers can call 800-USA-RAIL or visit Amtrak.com for schedule information and train updates. The slide occurred in an area about eight miles southeast of Oakridge in the Willamette National Forest The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of Oregon, US.[1] It contains 1,675,407 acres (2,618 mi², 6,780 km²) making it one of the largest national forests. where the tracks are dug into steep forested terrain as they wind their way up the Cascade Range Cascade Range, mountain chain, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, extending S from British Columbia to N Calif., where it becomes the Sierra Nevada; it parallels the Coast Ranges, 100–150 mi (161–241 km) inland from the Pacific Ocean. . A broad section of northeast-facing hillside slumped down Saturday morning, burying 3,000 feet of track under a snowy mound of mud and trees more than 20 feet deep. Fifteen trains, carrying 33 million gross tons of freight, use the track daily, rail officials said. Union Pacific has rerouted its trains to lines operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, railroad system in much of the United States (except the Northeast) and in S Canada, created in 1995 from the merger of Burlington Northern Inc. and the Santa Fe Pacific Corp. (see Santa Fe RR). near Bend and is expecting delivery delays of 24 to 48 hours, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the railroad. |
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