Thursday's storms cancel Friday Rail Runner

From KOB-TV.com - The down pour in Sandoval County flooded a Rail Runner bridge on the Santo Domingo Pueblo Thursday night. stranded. The approaching bridge was reportedly three inches underwater. Crews were at the Kewa Rail Runner stop throughout the evening checking the bridge for any damage. Rail Runner spokeswoman Augusta Meyers said they don't believe there was damage to the bridge, but were working to reinforce the ground around the bridge. One of the passengers evacuated from the Bernalillo stop heading north said they had to wait for about an hour for an ABQ Ride shuttle to pick them up and take them down to the Kewa stop where their cars were parked. "The train stopped in Bernalillo and we sat there for like 20 minutes, we didn't know what was going on," passenger Fermina Quintana said. "Someone came on the intercom and told us that we were all going to have to get off because a bridge flooded somewhere up north." Meyers said there were approximately 600 passengers on the express train, but authorities were able to walk that train over the bridge at around two miles an hour safely. After passing the bridge, she said authorities felt it was too dangerous to continue. Meyers said passengers were evacuated from another train. Those passengers waited for shuttles to take them to their cars. The Rail Runner will not run any services north of Bernalillo Friday. That means commuters will have to find alternate modes of transportation. Officials will be checking the integrity the tracks to make sure no damage occurred during the heavy rains Thursday. Read more

Thursday's storms cancel Friday Rail Runner