![]() ![]() Several locations were already cleared before cleanup was temporarily delayed for safety concerns due to weather.”Ĭrews worked Saturday and Sunday to clear the last few locations. Equipment is on site and crews are working to clear the debris. Union Pacific spokeswoman Susan Stevens tells Trains News Wire, “Ten locations on the track were impacted by mud and rock slides. The Colorado Department of Transportation said I-70 would remained closed through the weekend. On Saturday, additional mudslides also closed a highway north of Granby, Colo., a station on the Zephyr’s route, and U.S. More than 100 motorists were trapped in their cars overnight Thursday, including 29 who took refuge in the road’s Hanging Lake Tunnel, CNN reports. Affected customers on Zephyrs that hadn’t departed when the mudslides occurred were contacted and offered refunds or assistance with rebooking. Stranded passengers were given the option to return to their point of origin or wait for the line to open. In doing so, they assumed the schedule of the trains that had been terminated. Eastbound and westbound trains already en route were terminated (short of the slide location) Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and turned the same day at Denver or Grand Junction to return to their starting point. The slides not only have disrupted Amtrak’s California Zephyrs, which normally pass in the area between crew change points in Denver and Grand Junction, Colo., but also mean alternate bus transportation has not been available. Massive mudslides have washed out Union Pacific’s former Denver & Rio Grande Western route through Glenwood Canyon, east of Glenwood Springs, while also blocking part of adjacent Interstate 70. Mudslides east of Glenwood Springs have blocked the Zephyr‘s route. Baggage is unloaded from the westbound California Zephyr at Glenwood Springs, Colo., on October 15, 2020. ![]()
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