Amtrak service between Seattle and Portland is on hold indefinitely after a fire tore through a vacant warehouse near the Oregon train station last week.
Almost all northbound train traffic has been restricted, Amtrak said in a statement, due to damage from the blaze at the 100-year-old building, which sits a half-mile from Portland’s Union Station. Substitute buses were running between Seattle and Portland to replace some trains, while other lines were canceled completely, Amtrak said.
Oregon Department of Transportation spokesperson Jenny Cherrytree told The Oregonian Friday that the passenger rail line between Vancouver and Portland remains closed…