June 3, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -
Severe weather, heavy rain and historic flooding conditions continue to affect freight and passenger railroads' operations in parts of the U.S. South, Central Plains and Midwest regions.
Amtrak announced late last week that it has cancelled its Texas Eagle trains between St. Louis and Fort Worth, Texas, through June 7 due to flooding conditions on Union Pacific Railroad's network.
Flooding issues on UP's network has resulted in diverted freight traffic, which led to Amtrak's temporary suspension of Texas Eagle service on certain routes that normally operate daily between Chicago and San Antonio, Texas, via Little Rock, Arkansas, and Dallas, Amtrak officials said in a customer service alert.
Read more: https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industry_trends/news/Amtrak-freight-railroads-continue-service-suspensions-due-to-flooding--57709
Note: Amtrak was still running service between Fort Worth and San Antonio and between St. Louis and Chicago.
Severe weather, heavy rain and historic flooding conditions continue to affect freight and passenger railroads' operations in parts of the U.S. South, Central Plains and Midwest regions.
Amtrak announced late last week that it has cancelled its Texas Eagle trains between St. Louis and Fort Worth, Texas, through June 7 due to flooding conditions on Union Pacific Railroad's network.
Flooding issues on UP's network has resulted in diverted freight traffic, which led to Amtrak's temporary suspension of Texas Eagle service on certain routes that normally operate daily between Chicago and San Antonio, Texas, via Little Rock, Arkansas, and Dallas, Amtrak officials said in a customer service alert.
Read more: https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industry_trends/news/Amtrak-freight-railroads-continue-service-suspensions-due-to-flooding--57709
Note: Amtrak was still running service between Fort Worth and San Antonio and between St. Louis and Chicago.