Buses to help fill gaps in Amtrak service.Byline: Susan Palmer 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 travelers will be riding a bus between Eugene and Klamath Falls Klamath Falls, city (1990 pop. 17,737), seat of Klamath co., SW Oreg., at the southern tip of Upper Klamath Lake; inc. 1905. It is the processing and distribution center of a lumber, livestock, and farm area. to fill the gap in service caused by a train tunnel fire burning for the past week. Buses north and south began service Friday and will keep the same schedule as the Coast Starlight star·light n. The light from the stars. starlight Noun the light that comes from the stars Noun 1. that normally operates between 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 Seattle, a company spokeswoman said. Southbound passengers can catch the bus in Eugene daily at 5:15 p.m. It stops in Chemult at 8:05 p.m. and in Klamath Falls at 9:55 p.m. Train service resumes there to carry passengers south. For northbound travelers, the bus leaves Klamath Falls daily at 8:25 a.m. and arrives in Eugene at 12:44 p.m. with a Chemult stop at 9:05 a.m. Sparks from a train may have ignited the blaze in the 3,100-foot-long tunnel 33 miles east of Oakridge. The status of the tunnel was unclear Friday, said Union Pacific spokesman John Bromley in Omaha, Neb. The railroad had hoped an inspection team could get into the tunnel to assess the damage, but Bromley hadn't heard whether they were able to do so. That information will help company officials determine how long repairs will take and when the tunnel can be reopened, he said. Fire breaks set up on either side of the tunnel helped with firefighting 1. firefighting - What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new newsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires." 2. Friday, he said. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , freight trains are being rerouted through the Columbia Gorge and Bend on Burlington Northern-Santa Fe tracks or through Salt Lake City, a 700-mile detour. |
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