Originally Posted by
AlanB
Actually the busing won't continue for too long.
posted by Gene Poon on the Yahoo Amtrak list:
In an interesting side note, Amtrak has actually blanked out the Coast Starlight through February 15th, so I don't know if that's a mistake or if the above advisory has been further revised. Or perhaps Amtrak is just being cautious and wants to keep reservations down just in case they don't get the line open on schedule.
From a reliable website; I've heard it could take two months to get everything back in shape -- and that's if there aren't any more slides! Bob H
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January 31, 2008
OAKRIDGE, Ore. - Union Pacific Railroad crews continue to work around the clock to clear a massive amount of debris from a Jan. 19 mudslide that covered its main line between California and the Pacific Northwest. According to UP spokeswoman Zoe Richmond, 46 pieces of construction equipment are at work on the slide.
The 2.3 million cubic yards of debris that slid down the mountain, according to UP, would fill a football field to the height of Chicago's Sears Tower.
UP freights continue to detour over BNSF Railway through Bend, Ore., and Amtrak's Coast Starlight remains annulled.
Approximately 700,000 board feet of timber have been recovered, and smaller limbs and debris are being burned.
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