An Amtrak Auto Train detoured off its normal route due to the derailment of a CSX freight Monday night has been stuck while waiting for a new crew to arrive.
An Amtrak train sits at a station stop in Union Station, Dec. 9, 2021, in Los Angeles.Passengers traveling on an Amtrak Auto Train from a Washington, D.C., suburb Monday evening expected to arrive in the Orlando area by Tuesday morning. But their planned 17-hour journey currently has no end in sight after a freight derailment caused significant delays to the Amtrak trip.
"Tuesday's southbound Amtrak Auto Train has been impacted by significant delays due to a CSX freight derailment in South Carolina," Amtrak said in a statement. "Customers have been provided meals, snack packs and beverages."Passengers are apparently calling 911 from the train, according to several videos obtained by ABC News in which a conductor can be heard asking people to stop calling police.
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