Empire Builder Service Disruptions

[3rdcook]

Even though we are having mild winter weather , the EB is still having cancellations . Anyone know what is going on ? What is the cause for this ?

 

[Dirk]

A mudslide blocked the tracks north of Seattle. The line was cleared fairly quickly, but it stayed closed to passenger traffic until yesterday morning.

 

[scutterbear]

A mudslide blocked the tracks north of Seattle. The line was cleared fairly quickly, but it stayed closed to passenger traffic until yesterday morning.

I guess I planned my trip right then. We had a six hour delay on Eb due to a freight train breaking down on tuesday. I almost left on wed or thurs. LOL, guess I made the right choice. Poor Eb though, it's having a tough time lately it seems.

 

[Trainmans daughter]

"Mild Winter"??? By whose standards? This has been a horrible winter so far for snowfall amounts, wind, blizzards, etc. Must be that "global warming" we've been hearing about.

 

[JayPea]

"Mild Winter"??? By whose standards? This has been a horrible winter so far for snowfall amounts, wind, blizzards, etc. Must be that "global warming" we've been hearing about.

By Pacific Northwest standards. Where I live we had in the neighborhood of 60-70 inches of snow last winter. This year, maybe five at the most. So it depends on where you live and the perspective you're looking at it from.

 

[3rdcook]

"Mild Winter"??? By whose standards? This has been a horrible winter so far for snowfall amounts, wind, blizzards, etc. Must be that "global warming" we've been hearing about.

The past week WAS mild winter weather and that is what I was referring to in my post . Temps were 25-35 degrees most days in most of the area the EB goes through . So it puzzled why there were more cancellations

Yes , we have had some severe weather earlier .