BRUNSWICK, Mo. — Service interrupted due to a bridge out on Norfolk Southern between Kansas City and Moberly, Mo., is expected to resume in three to four weeks, according to NS officials.
Heavy rains and debris washed away the bridge over the Grand River west of Brunswick October 1 on the NS Kansas City District.
Traffic originating or terminating in Kansas City is delayed 48 to 72 hours.
The Kansas City intermodal terminal is open and NS is accepting traffic for Kansas City from all their intermodal terminals.
“Norfolk Southern has entered into agreements with our interline partners to detour traffic over alternative gateways through the duration of the outage,” railroad officials say.
Floods plagued other Class I railroads in the Midwest and Mid-South during the late winter and the spring, with service interruptions on Union Pacific, BNSF, Kansas City Southern, Canadian Pacific, and Amtrak.
Having seen the video of the bridge being washed away, I find it remarkable that it could be restored in only a few weeks.
Any info on detour routes? Is most traffic using UP between STL & KC? Is there a connection between NS & KCS in or near Mexico? What about between NS & BNSF near Monroe City or Hannibal?
There was a time when NS ran some KC trains on CP’s former Milwaukee line. NS’s haulage rights on IAIS could shorten this option.
I recall other major bridge repairs taking a couple of weeks when a main line is down.