(The following appeared on the Minot Daily News website on April 28, 2011.)
MINOT, N.D. — Railroad officials don’t know exactly when it will happen but with Devils Lake on the rise, Amtrak passenger service to Rugby, Devils Lake and Grand Forks is expected to suspend temporarily. It would suspend if two bridges in the Devils Lake area no longer can be used.
However, Amtrak’s Empire Builder service between Minot and Fargo will remain but it will be on an alternate route bypassing Rugby, Devils Lake and Grand Forks which Amtrak serves on its normal route.
He said Amtrak will stay on the present route for as long as Burlington Northern Santa Fe, which owns the tracks, will allow it.
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