Bnsf: Taking On Water In The Wettest Of Regions

摘要

The phrase "soggy Pacific Northwest" has an entirely new meaning for BNSF Railway Co. In Washington state, heavy snowstorms in mid-December were shortly followed by torrential rains, fast-rising temperatures and quick-melting snow in late December and early January. Several portions of BNSF's Stampede Subdivision were pum-meled with rushing waters, including 18.5 inches of rain that fell in one 24-hour period. Mudslides containing large trees and boulders slid down the Cascade Mountains, tearing up track and substructures between Lester and Stampede, especially small segments on the east and west side of the Stampede Tunnel. In addition, three other Northwest Division subdivisions were inundated with floods and mudslide debris.