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I talked to my mother and sister in Salem, Oregon a little while ago and they are having a huge snow and ice storm up there. They can't even get across the street to the mailbox. My niece in the Portland area reports that MAX (light rail) trains are down, and busses are being substituted.
I'm wondering how the big trains, the Starlight and Cascades, are doing. Anyone know?
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I took the Coast Starlight from Portland to Chico on January 1, arriving over 17 hours late. I talked to family members living in the area last night, and they said conditions have worsened since I left. I suspect there are "service disruptions" (to use an Amtrak euphemism) on the "big trains."
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Maybe that ice and snow can work its way over to STL in about a day so I can get Friday off of school.
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If the big trains (CZ,EB,LSL ETC) usually do fine in adverse weather conditions (midwest snow storms), I dont see the problems they would have in the NW during the unusual winter weather conditions they are currently having.
It seems to me they would be doing ok without too much of problems.
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Amtrak trains "per se" have not had problems, but UP (where they run) is a disaster area. One major problem is switches frozen which puts sidings out of service which makes the tracks almost 'one-way'. Also, no place to put slow freights so Amtrak follows them at a snail's pace. Also lots of trees down due to snow and ice - some on rails - a lot taking out power which can affect signals. Freight crews dying - trains block the main until releived, etc etc. Timekeeping has suffered tremendously.
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