Trains resume after Western Washington mudslide

EDMONDS, Wash. – Amtrak and Sound Transit Sounder passenger trains were running again Sunday on a stretch of railroad tracks north of Seattle that was closed because of a mudslide.

BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said Sunday that the commuter train service along Puget Sound resumed at 6:15 a.m.

Passenger trains had been blocked for 48 hours as a precaution after the slide was detected by a sensor fence at 6:15 a.m. Friday. Debris covered one of two parallel tracks 2 feet deep along 20 feet.

Freight trains were able to roll past the slide on the parallel track.