daniel3197
Train Attendant
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Heads up for those who have not seen this OFFICIAL Amtrak notice here it is.
This is supposed to begin with train 14 Los Angeles departure of Jan 24th (thursday) and
train 11 scheduled Seattle departure on Jan 25th (friday).
I myself fear that this may follow the pattern of the Sunset Limited east of New Orleans
with a de facto discontinued service.
We shall see what happens. I really hope I can be proven wrong about my fears.
Strangely the official advisory wrong about the location of the slide closure.
The slide is actually located NORTH of Chemult and SOUTH of Eugene in Oregon.
This info courtesy of Gene Poon from the "All Aboard" Yahoo Group TUes Jan 22, 2008 at 8:09AM PST :
---- Daniel
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http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/All_.../message/160143
This is the advisory about cancellation of all Coast Starlight service
after Friday. All the misspellings and the geographical faux pas are
included for your reading pleasure:
AMTRAK WESTERN REGION SPECIAL ADVISORY=21ST JANUARY 2008 5:10PM
FOLLOWING A MUDSLIDE SOUTH (SIC) OF CMO, AND SUBSEQUENT LINE
CLOSURE TRAIN 11 & 14 WILL BE SEVERELY DISRUPTED OVER THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE PLAN AGREED BY AMTRAK AND UPRR.
TRAIN 14 CANCELLED BETWEEN LAX-SEA, 24TH JAN TO 31ST JAN INCLUSIVE
TRAIN 11 CANCELLED BETWEEN SEA-LAX, 25TH JAN TO 1ST FEB INCLUSIVE
** NO ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION IS OFFERED IN LEIU OF CANCELLED
TRAINS**
TRAIN 14(21) TERMINATES KFS, BUS KFS-PDX, TRAIN PDX-SEA
TRAIN 14(22) TERMINATES KFS, BUS KFS-PDX, TRAIN PDX-SEA
TRAIN 14(23) TERMINATES KFS, BUS KFS-EUG, TRAIN EUG-SEA
TRAIN 14 BETWEEN LAX-SEA WILL NOT OPERATE UNTIL 1ST FEBRUARY
TRAIN 11(21) TRAIN SEA-PDX, BUS PDX-KFS, TRAIN KFS-LAX
TRAIN 11(22) TRAIN SEA-PDX, BUS PDX-KFS, TRAIN KFS-LAX
TRAIN 11(23) TRAIN SEA-EUG, BUS EUG-KFS, TRAIN KFS-LAX
TRAIN 11(24) TRAIN SEA-EUG, BUS EUG-KFS, TRAIN KFS-LAX
TRAIN 11 BETWEEN SEA-LAX, WILL NOT OPERATE UNTIL 2ND FEBRUARY
**NO ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION IS BEING OFFERED FOR CANCELLED
TRAINS**
THESE ALTERATIONS ARE SUJECT TO CHANGE, AND TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE
LONGER
This is supposed to begin with train 14 Los Angeles departure of Jan 24th (thursday) and
train 11 scheduled Seattle departure on Jan 25th (friday).
I myself fear that this may follow the pattern of the Sunset Limited east of New Orleans
with a de facto discontinued service.
We shall see what happens. I really hope I can be proven wrong about my fears.
Strangely the official advisory wrong about the location of the slide closure.
The slide is actually located NORTH of Chemult and SOUTH of Eugene in Oregon.
This info courtesy of Gene Poon from the "All Aboard" Yahoo Group TUes Jan 22, 2008 at 8:09AM PST :
---- Daniel
================================================== =
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/All_.../message/160143
This is the advisory about cancellation of all Coast Starlight service
after Friday. All the misspellings and the geographical faux pas are
included for your reading pleasure:
AMTRAK WESTERN REGION SPECIAL ADVISORY=21ST JANUARY 2008 5:10PM
FOLLOWING A MUDSLIDE SOUTH (SIC) OF CMO, AND SUBSEQUENT LINE
CLOSURE TRAIN 11 & 14 WILL BE SEVERELY DISRUPTED OVER THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE PLAN AGREED BY AMTRAK AND UPRR.
TRAIN 14 CANCELLED BETWEEN LAX-SEA, 24TH JAN TO 31ST JAN INCLUSIVE
TRAIN 11 CANCELLED BETWEEN SEA-LAX, 25TH JAN TO 1ST FEB INCLUSIVE
** NO ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION IS OFFERED IN LEIU OF CANCELLED
TRAINS**
TRAIN 14(21) TERMINATES KFS, BUS KFS-PDX, TRAIN PDX-SEA
TRAIN 14(22) TERMINATES KFS, BUS KFS-PDX, TRAIN PDX-SEA
TRAIN 14(23) TERMINATES KFS, BUS KFS-EUG, TRAIN EUG-SEA
TRAIN 14 BETWEEN LAX-SEA WILL NOT OPERATE UNTIL 1ST FEBRUARY
TRAIN 11(21) TRAIN SEA-PDX, BUS PDX-KFS, TRAIN KFS-LAX
TRAIN 11(22) TRAIN SEA-PDX, BUS PDX-KFS, TRAIN KFS-LAX
TRAIN 11(23) TRAIN SEA-EUG, BUS EUG-KFS, TRAIN KFS-LAX
TRAIN 11(24) TRAIN SEA-EUG, BUS EUG-KFS, TRAIN KFS-LAX
TRAIN 11 BETWEEN SEA-LAX, WILL NOT OPERATE UNTIL 2ND FEBRUARY
**NO ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION IS BEING OFFERED FOR CANCELLED
TRAINS**
THESE ALTERATIONS ARE SUJECT TO CHANGE, AND TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE
LONGER
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