Re: Coast Starlight stranded in Oregon ?
Author: BN Oly
Date: 02-26-2019 - 21:35
theconductor Wrote:
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> > Erik H. Wrote:
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> > > George Andrews Wrote:
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> > > > Just reported on ABC World News Overnight,
> > the
> > > Coast Starlight is stranded somewhere in
> > > > Oregon after it hit a downed tree in heavy
> > > snow.
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> > > Stranded in/near Oakridge, about 35 miles
> > > southeast of Eugene.
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> > > Due to deteriorating conditions, Highway 58
> > (the
> > > paralleling highway) was shut down so unable
> to
> > > move buses or other equipment by highway.
> > > Oakridge then lost power, so unable to get
> food
> > at
> > > local grocery stores or put up passengers in
> > local
> > > hotels. Meanwhile snowfall was increasing,
> > making
> > > it difficult for UP to move in equipment to
> > clear
> > > the track and pull the train back to Eugene.
> > >
> > > Basically a bad situation that only got worse
> > by
> > > the minute.
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> > Maybe if UP hadn't scrapped all their
> snowfighting
> > equipment in Eugene decades ago, they could
> have
> > gotten there sooner. Pretty soon railroads
> will
> > be like trucking companies and just shut down
> > every time the weather gets grim.
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> Good point. UP should have definitely kept their
> snow fighting equipment nearby and idle for the
> last 20 years for this one use. Super smart move.
OK, so they decide it's not needed. Then why try and run traffic during heavy snowfall? Either keep the equipment, or decide you are not going to try and run traffic during heavy snow.