Family Drives 32 Hours From El Paso to New Jersey After Derailment Strands Amtrak Passengers
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 2
Family Drives 32 Hours From El Paso to New Jersey After Derailment Strands Amtrak Passengers
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 2
Summary
A New Jersey family rented a car in El Paso and headed home after a derailment ahead of their Amtrak route halted the trip just hours after departure.
Amtrak said buses would come, but they were hours away and it was unclear whether they would carry passengers all the way home or only to the next major city.
The family — two adults and an 8-year-old — had been returning from a week in Tucson, about 2,000 miles from home, and chose driving over costly last-minute flights.
Their improvised trip added a rental car, a $35 booster seat and a $127 hotel stop in Pecos, Texas, before what became a near-nonstop cross-country drive.