by judgesmails
Just saw the Lake Shore Limited eastbound through Newark, so it looks like Amtrak is back in business (unless they are stopping service in central N.Y. and busing from there).
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scharnhorst wrote:Amtrak is busing people around the washout till CSX gets back up on its feet. I did notice a lot more Grayhounds at the Syracuse bus station than normal.Trailways is handling most of the Amtrak busing. My company does work for Trailways, in Rochester, all of their Rochester extras were in service at this past week. Many assisting Amtrak.
Amsterdam, N.Y. (AP) - A tornado has caused some property damage near Albany, N.Y., one week after Irene caused destructive flooding in the region.Link to story
The National Weather Service says the tornado touched down about three miles from Amsterdam, N.Y., on Sunday evening. Amateur video posted on YouTube shows a dark funnel cloud crossing the New York Thruway, where it knocked down trees.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says there have been no reports of serious injuries.
The weather service says it has reports of damaged homes in the Cranesville section of Amsterdam. Trees and power lines were knocked down. The service says it concluded it was a tornado based on eyewitness video.
Montgomery County, where Amsterdam is located, is among the counties eligible for federal disaster assistance after Irene.
charlie6017 wrote:Hopefully no damage from the tornado that touched down near Amsterdam/Cranesville area from Sunday night?I rode through the affected area on the westbound Maple Leaf today. The damage seemed to be mostly snapped tree limbs and trunks. There didn't seem to be much damage to buildings. The ROW itself seemed to be undamaged, but Amtrak employees did note there were some delays owing to the new storm damage. Thankfully, nobody was killed. I do regret leaving my camera behind at my friends' house... because I would've liked to get some photos of the damage.
mirrodie wrote:Otto, if there is a CMRR thread as you noted earlier, why can't there be a separate DURR thread? No real point in merging topics.Odd time to start a separate DURR thread, since we already answered the poster's question in this very thread about a week ago. No sense in repeating ourselves or posting the exact same info in two separate threads.