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Pacific lines still closed, railroad bracing for additional rain</h1>
<div class="byline" style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px">By<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); OUTLINE-WIDTH: medium; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; OUTLINE-COLOR: invert" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://trn.trains.com/authors/chase-gunnoe">Chase Gunnoe</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="publishDate">| February 17,
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map of UP's system shows which rail lines remain out of service as of Thursday,
Feb. 16.</div>
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<div class="content" style="FONT: 18px/22px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-stretch: normal">SACRAMENTO,
Calif. — It’s been nearly a week since revenue trains rolled through Union
Pacific’s Feather River Canyon in northern California and there’s no sign of
rail traffic resuming anytime soon.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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In a customer advisory issued
on Thursday evening, railroad managers said its Oroville, Calif., to Winnemucca,
Nev., rail line was still shut down due to multiple washouts. The route is part
of the railroad’s former Western Pacific main line that is in the same region as
the Oroville Dam. Today, it’s part of UP’s Canyon and Winnemucca
subdivisions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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In order to
maintain rail service, UP has been fleeting trains across its former Southern
Pacific mainline in northern California and east into Nevada. The detours have
created for more freight across Donner Pass and into Nevada on former SP
tracks.<br>
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In Wells, Nev., trains are using the railroad’s former Western
Pacific route into Salt Lake City because of a dam break near Montello, Nev. The
dam issue, which is separate from the Oroville issue reported this week, has
washed out large sections of UP’s Lakeside Subdivision, or better known as the
former SP main line west of Ogden, Utah. In Thursday’s update, railroad managers
had no estimate on when this section of track would be restored.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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On a positive note, trains are
once again moving on the Fresno subdivision south of Sacramento. The line had
been out of service since last Friday after 22 cars of a northbound freight
train derailed near Elk Grove. The incident sent several boxcars spilling into a
nearby river.<br>
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Other areas in the railroad’s western region, including its
Interstate 5 corridor between Chico and Stockton, Calif., were in service,
however due to freight congestion, trains were experiencing delays of 24 hours
or more.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Just as railroad
crews were making progress on washouts and other outages, another round of
severe weather was on its way to much of California at week’s end. Weather
experts said there is a threat of torrential rain and mudslides along the
Interstates 5 and 80 corridors on Friday and Saturday as several weather systems
moved across the state.<br>
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Jim Andrews, a meteorologist for AccuWeather,
said the late-week storm had the potential to be the biggest of the winter in
terms of rainfall.<br>
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In Thursday’s advisory, UP said it was continuing to
monitor the ongoing threat for heavy rain and mountain snowfall.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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On Sunday, railroad managers
are supposed to discuss with Amtrak on whether or not to restore
the<em>California Zephyr</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to
full service. Since Feb. 12,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>California Zephyr</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>train Nos. 5 and 6 have not operated
west of Salt Lake City due to flooding and backlogged freight traffic.<br>
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