CHENOA, Ill. — The Associated Press reporta that Amtrak train service between Chicago and St. Louis was suspended while workers attempted to remove 200,000 bushels of corn from a leaning grain elevator, authorities said.
The tracks were closed temporarily Monday after workers noticed the grain elevator was in poor condition and leaning toward the tracks, Union Pacific Railroad spokesman Mark Davis said.
Because of the closing, Amtrak officials canceled one Monday evening train from Chicago to St. Louis and a Tuesday morning train that runs from St. Louis to Chicago, company spokeswoman Kathleen Cantillon said.
Passengers who were already on trains before the cancellation were detoured around the site on buses, Cantillon said.
Freight train traffic between the two cities was not disrupted, Davis said. About seven trains, including Amtrak’s passenger trains, use that track each day.
Repairs on the bin could take about 24 hours, Davis said.