Landslide cuts railroad service

The late winter of 2019 threw a pointed punch at the PCC railroad system when heavy runoff Jan. 23 caused a slide which closed down the line along Highway 26 near Pampa. The runoff slide along the bank of Willow Creek left a sheer face of earth next to the railroad and made it too dangerous to continue to run trains in the line.

The shutdown cut railroad service to the west side of the county. Grain shipments could not get out, and farm chemical shipments for spring work could not get in on the line which is operated by Watco.

Shamrock Construction submitted the low bid to haul ballast rock to...