KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA | Commuter trains resume after Wash. mudslide
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Associated Press - March 14, 2010 10:45 AM ET
EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) - Amtrak and Sound Transit Sounder passenger trains are running again on a stretch of railroad tracks north of Seattle that was closed because of a mudslide.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas (mel-OWN'-us) said Sunday that the commuter train service along Puget Sound resumed at 6:15 a.m.
Passenger trains had been blocked for 48 hours as a precaution after the slide was detected by a sensor fence at 6:15 a.m. Friday. Debris covered 1 of 2 parallel tracks 2 feet deep along 20 feet.
Freight trains were able to roll past the slide on the parallel track.
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