(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 30.)
SEATTLE — A damaged stretch of single main-line railroad track in Eastern Washington – closed for repairs after an Amtrak train derailment – reopened after about 30 hours at 7 a.m. Sunday.
The first train to use the repaired track was an empty eastbound grain train, said Seattle-based Gus Melonas with the BNSF railroad, which owns and maintains the track.
There were no serious injuries when the Chicago-bound Amtrak passenger train derailed early Saturday about 45 miles west of Spokane.
Normal service was expected to resume today.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation, Melonas said.