Hi Mark, thanks for posting that. I sure hope your trip goes as planned and that you have fun. Getting stuck would be kind of an adventure, if you didn't have to be anywhere.
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2 passenger trains stuck in Sierra Nevada
NEARLY 400 TRAPPED (
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February 1, 2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nearly 400 people remained trapped Friday in two Amtrak passenger trains that were stranded in the snowy Sierra Nevada after a large snow plow fell through the tracks, officials said.
Amtrak’s California Zephyr passenger trains were stranded near Donner Pass around 2 p.m. after a large plow being used to clear the tracks fell through a walkway and blocked the trains’ path, according to Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero. One train started in Emeryville on its way to Chicago, and the other was on its way back.
“Our trains are just sitting there — we’re not able to get them through,” Romero said, adding that both trains have heating and lights and passengers were being fed. No injuries have been reported.
Romero said Union Pacific tried to clear the snow with lighter vehicles, but had to call in the larger and heavier plows to finish the job. A Union Pacific spokesperson did not have information on the incident Friday evening and could not comment.
Romero said Amtrak was trying to summon buses to nearby towns to evacuate passengers, but have had little luck because many of the vehicles are in Arizona for the Super Bowl.
Officials said Friday evening that they expect it may take another hour or two to clear the tracks and that more snow that has fallen since the accident.
“I think the worst of it is probably over,” Romero said.