(The following appeared on The Columbian website on February 12, 2011.)
COLUMBIA, Wash. — A landslide in Vancouver will halt passenger train service through Clark County until 6:50 a.m. Monday. It marks at least the 10th service interruption between Vancouver and British Columbia so far this year.
BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said the slide happened when a shelf atop a 100-foot-high cliff adjacent to the tracks peeled off. He also said five freight trains were delayed because of the cleanup, but freight traffic has since resumed.
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