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Landslide Impacts <br />Washington State supports a rail system that is <br />integral to maintaining our economy, Vancouver, B.C, <br />environment and quality of life. The rail system <br />provides transportation for freight rail (BNSF), B.C. <br />commuter rail (Sound Transit), intercity <br />passenger rail (Amtrak Cascades), and long Bellingham <br />distance passenger rail (Amtrak). <br />Mount Vernon <br />Washington and Oregon jointly sponsor Amtrak nwood <br />Cascades, a 467-mile-long regional service that Everett <br />operates between Eugene, Ore., and Vancouver, dmonds <br />British Columbia (Figure 2). Since 2000 Sound ' Seattle <br />Transit has been operating a system of express Tukwila <br />buses, commuter rail and light rail to provide Tacoma <br />faster, more dependable ways to commute within <br />the counties of Snohomish, King and Pierce. Oympia.'Lacey <br />Sound Transit uses a portion of the BNSF line to Centralia WA <br />provide daily commuter rail service between <br />Everett and Seattle. <br />More than 60 areas along the 467-mile-long <br />Amtrak Cascades route have been identified as at <br />risk for landslides. However, the majority of <br />landslides occur within a 26.6-mile-long corridor, <br />from north Seattle to Everett along steep coastal <br />bluffs. Since 1914, more than 900 blocking <br />landslides have occurred along the Seattle -Everett <br />rail corridor, with 5.5 miles of quarter -mile <br />sections experiencing 10 or more blocking <br />landslides (Appendix A). <br />kelso&.ongvlew <br />Vancouver, WA <br />Portland <br />Oregon City <br />Salem <br />bany <br />Eugene <br />Figure 2. Amtrak Cascades Haute <br />OR <br />4 <br />