(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 8.)
CROCKETT, Calif. — A rock slide dumped debris on a major rail corridor Thursday, delaying several passenger and freight trains between the San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento, but causing no injuries.
The slide happened just before dawn about 25 miles northeast of Oakland and covered both tracks. Those tracks carry 57 trains a day through the region, said Mark Davis, spokesman with Union Pacific Railroad.
Nine freight and Amtrak trains were delayed before the tracks were cleared and normal rail traffic resumed by late morning.