Highway 2 also being impacted by the avalanche. Plus, Shelby is located on an interstate highway, which became a necessary part of getting passengers around the affected area due to U.S. Magliari said that Train No.7 was eventually moved even further east to Shelby, Mont., where there’s more support services and personnel in place to handle the needs of passengers. The No.7 westbound Empire Builder out of Chicago was stopped at Browning, Mont., before being moved east to Cut Bank. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder traveling from Seattle to Chicago, was initially stopped at Essex, Mont., and was later moved back to Whitefish. The avalanche at Marias Pass damaged tracks near Summit, Mont. 7, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari told Railway Age, “We just received word from BNSF that we will originate tomorrow’s (Wednesday’s) Empire Builder trains to operate normally over their full route, reaching Idaho and Montana on Thursday.” It had rerouted some freight traffic over a southern route via Montana Rail Link. Freight shipments could be delayed as much as 48 hours through the Montana Rockies as BNSF re-opened the Northern Corridor route late Tuesday after an avalanche blocked tracks and temporarily stranded two Amtrak trains over the weekend.įreight customers of BNSF may experience delays of 36 to 48 hours on shipments moving through the area, the railroad stated.
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