NEW: Rescue underway for 183 Amtrak passengers stranded in Oregon
The Coast Starlight Train 11, traveling from Seattle to Los Angeles, came to a standstill near the tiny town of Oakridge on Sunday eveninga tree that had fallen on the snow-covered tracks, according to Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari.
"Due to worsening conditions, area road closures and no viable way to safely transport passengers or crews via alternate transportation, Train 11 stopped in Oakridge, Oregon," Magliari added."We are actively working with Union Pacific to clear the right of way and get passengers off the train." "With local power outages and blocked roads, it was decided the safest place for our customers was to remain on the train where we were able to provide food, heat, electricity and toilets," Naparstek told ABC News in a statement Tuesday morning.Amtrak worked with crews from Union Pacific Railroad, which operates more than 32,100 miles of tracks in 23 western U.S. states, to open a route to the stranded train and clear the track Tuesday morning.
By 8 a.m. local time, a locomotive was pulling the southbound train back north toward Eugene, Oregon, so it could return to Seattle, its origin.
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