SAN FRANCISCO Two trains and about 400 had passengers were initially stranded
Friday night after a large snow plow fell through a trestle and
onto the tracks, blocking the rail. One San Francisco area-bound
train was pulled to Reno and its 165 passengers were put up in a
hotel or bused to their destinations, Amtrak spokeswoman Karina
Romero said.
The other train, which was headed from the Bay Area to Chicago,
remained in the mountains. About 60 people were taken by bus back
to the San Francisco Bay area overnight and 155 chose to stay on
the heated train and sleep either in their seats or in reserved
sleeping cars.
The tracks were cleared early Saturday and the train got going
again just before 8 a.m. The passengers are scheduled to arrive in
Chicago Monday morning, about 16 hours behind schedule.
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