(The following appeared on the Seattle Times website on March 13, 2011.)
SEATTLE — Sounder train service between Everett and Seattle has been canceled for Monday after a mudslide on the BNSF Railway tracks halted all passenger traffic on the line.
It is possible that train service could resume as early as Tuesday morning.
The mudslide, 2 feet deep and 20 feet long, happened at 10:50 a.m. Sunday about 13 miles north of Seattle, near Edmonds, said BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas. As a rule, passenger trains are always halted for 48 hours after a slide on the rail lines as a safety precaution.
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