An Amtrak train in rural Oregon was extricated on Tuesday morning after its 183 passengers had been stranded since Sunday evening because of a winter storm that dropped a foot of snow and toppled trees, according to Amtrak. Crews from Amtrak and Union Pacific, which owns the tracks, worked through Monday and into Tuesday to clear trees, power lines and snow and reach the passenger train with a new locomotive. That engine, provided by Union Pacific, was connected to the train around sunrise on Tuesday and began pulling the Amtrak train to the closest station, about 30 miles away in Eugene, Ore., according to Union Pacific and Amtrak. The Amtrak train, the No. About an hour later, the train struck a tree that had fallen on the tracks, Amtrak said, and the crew decided it was best to stop.

Source: New York Times February 26, 2019 18:11 UTC