Bill Anderson
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My wife is listening to the radio and just told me that an Amtrak train left the tracks near Dupont and went on to adjacent I-5. This is the line that runs past Ft. Lewis and was recently upgraded to 70mph Sounder and Amtrak service. Passenger service on the line just started this morning (12/18).
http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/new-amtrak-cascades-route-starts-monday/281-500155673
I'll provide updates as they roll in. It looks as though this was the very first regularly scheduled Amtrak train to use the upgraded line. For those of us who live in the area, the train jumped the tracks at an overpass to I-5 near Mounts Rd.
http://www.king5.com/article/traffic/amtrak-train-derails-onto-i-5-near-lacey/281-500303305
http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/new-amtrak-cascades-route-starts-monday/281-500155673
I'll provide updates as they roll in. It looks as though this was the very first regularly scheduled Amtrak train to use the upgraded line. For those of us who live in the area, the train jumped the tracks at an overpass to I-5 near Mounts Rd.
http://www.king5.com/article/traffic/amtrak-train-derails-onto-i-5-near-lacey/281-500303305
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