EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Mudslides have been mucking up passenger rail traffic this winter between Seattle and Everett.
The Daily Herald reports passengers on dozens of Amtrak and Sound Transit trains have been bused while Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks have been blocked for cleanup and safety precautions along a stretch along Puget Sound at the base of steep bluffs.
A Washington Transportation Department spokeswoman, Vickie Sheehan, says the Amtrak Cascades route from Eugene, Ore., to Vancouver, British Columbia, averages three to 10 mudslides a winter but in the past three months there have been nearly 20.
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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldnet.com
