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Mud slide
shuts down UP tracks near Feist Creek |
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November 23, 2011 |
Warming weather coming on the heels of the first
real snow of the season, bringing a soaking
overnight rain that is expected to continue for
much of the coming week, caused several reports
of mudslides this morning, including one that
shut down the Union Pacific Railroad near Feist
Creek and impacted traffic on Meadow Creek Road.
The slide was reported at about 10:45 a.m. today
by UP clerk Robin Moore, who learned of the
slide from a maintenance crew not long before a
train was due. Boundary County Emergency
Management incident commander Bob Graham was
called to the scene, along with personnel from
the Hall Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, and
county road and bridge crews are currently on
scene dealing with the impact to Meadow Creek
Road, though the extent of the damage to the
county road has not been reported. According to
Road and Bridge secretary Renee Nelson, the road
was never completely closed.
According to Moore, crews reported that the
slide covered approximately 30 feet of track
with mud up to three feet deep. |
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