Frigid Funnel Foibles and Empire Builder Lateness
Author: Bruce Kelly
Date: 12-08-2013 - 08:55
More of the same. Doubletracked main line is operating as single track across much of north Idaho. Dead trains parked end to end. Very late Amtrak 8 picked up at least one crew to ferry them back to Whitefish; very late Amtrak 7 just coming into Spokane now. Sub-zero windchills this weekend may have been to blame for at least two broken rails yesterday in the area, not saying which railroad or where.