(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 22.)
SEATTLE — Heavy snow is still curtailing passenger train service in the Pacific Northwest.
Amtrak’s Cascades service remained shut down Monday between Eugene, Ore., and Vancouver, British Columbia. Gus Melonas, a spokesman for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, which operates the tracks, says partial service may be restored Tuesday.
Amtrak operates four Cascades trains daily between Eugene and Seattle and three daily between Seattle and Bellingham, including one in each direction extending northward to Vancouver. Officials had hoped to restore that service Monday.
Amtrak’s Empire Builder and Coast Starlight trains are still running, but Melonas says there may be long delays.
He adds that a three-car freight train derailment in Portland, Ore., on Saturday was cleared the next day and is not affecting service.