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Amtrak suspends train service between Eugene and Vancouver, B.C.
OregonLive.com ^
| August 3, 2007
| OregonLive
Posted on 08/03/2007 7:05:44 AM PDT by Bean Counter
Amtrak has announced a major disruption of train service in the Pacific Northwest.
Only train no. 510 and 517, which run between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., will operate. All other Cascade trains between Eugene and Vancouver are cancelled due to safety concerns. An Amtrak representative this morning said the disruption is undefinite.
Rail authorities said a recent mechanical inspection of some Cascades trains led to the decision to suspend service so all Cascade trains can be inspected.
Amtrak officials say they are contacting passengers to alert them of the cancellations. No alternate transportation is being provided. An Amtrak representative said passengers holding unused tickets will receive refunds.
The Coast Starlight, which runs between Seattle and Los Angeles, will operate on its normal schedule.
Passengers may call 800-USA-RAIL or visit Amtrak.com for additional information and train status updates.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: amtrack; amtrak; transportation
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Some just realized that if the Federal Highway Systems bridges are in poor shape, the RFederal Railroad bridges are likey 10 times worse. The bridge that Amtrack uses to cross the Columbia River is well over 100 years old and looks like it hasn't been painted since 1952...
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To: Bean Counter
the disruption is undefinite. "Undefinite"????
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:08:36 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(=)
To: Bean Counter
undefinite
Indefinite or unidentified?
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:10:00 AM PDT
by
leadpenny
To: Bean Counter
Outside the Northeast corridor, railroad bridges are generally privately owned. Mainline bridges are well maintained. Most will accomodate a full length trains of 286,000lb. freight cars.
Do these Amtrak trains use a bridge not also used by freight trains?
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:10:54 AM PDT
by
Mr. Lucky
To: IronJack
Undefinite is not in my dictionary?
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:12:02 AM PDT
by
Halgr
(Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
To: Bean Counter
The Amtrak press release indicated it was the train equipment which required inspection.
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:13:45 AM PDT
by
Mr. Lucky
To: IronJack
Beat me to it - ah, the product of our modern university journalism programs. Just makes ya proud, don’t it?
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:14:02 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
To: Bean Counter
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:20:01 AM PDT
by
Lokibob
(Some people are like slinkys. Useless, but if you throw them down the stairs, you smile.)
To: Lokibob
Who’s going to bother blowing up a few trains in remote Canada?
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:23:20 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: jagusafr
Now if only everyone on the Internet realized there is no such word as “definAtely”.
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:23:58 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: Bean Counter
It’s not the bridges - or rail. It’s the trains.
Many of the bridges are honestly, very well engineered. I’d say better than the cheap quick garbage put up in our generation. Paint isn’t necessary; and how do you know it’s not a rust coat?
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:26:18 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: Bean Counter
Yesterday they announced $100 in free booze, and now this. Maybe they expected something and wanted the riders plastered when it happens so they won’t feel it so bad....
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:33:00 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Eugene OR population 150,000
Vancouver, BC population 700,000
Hardly remote villages.
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:38:01 AM PDT
by
Lokibob
(Some people are like slinkys. Useless, but if you throw them down the stairs, you smile.)
To: Lokibob
It’s relative. There is virtually nothing between them and 1-2000 mi away to the east.
Bottom line: terrorists would not be interested.
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:40:20 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
Guess they didn’t use Rearden Metal
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:40:32 AM PDT
by
Michael Barnes
(If Rudy is the GOP's guy, I'm voting for Hillary. Hey, why do anything half ass?)
To: Bean Counter; GMMAC; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; Ryle; ...
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:41:27 AM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: Halgr
“Undefinite is not in my dictionary?”
Inless you spell it different.
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:42:12 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: IronJack
undefinable??
indefinitive
underfinity
innersanctity?
instability?
bad reporting?
C- in journalism?
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:43:50 AM PDT
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
To: Bean Counter; Publius
Publius Rail Ping - Do you know anything about this?
To: Bean Counter
If only Amtrak got government subsidies, it wouldn’t be in such bad shape.
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posted on
08/03/2007 7:45:27 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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