THE Union Pacific (UP) railway said trains between Chicago and southern California via Santa Rosa, New Mexico will be suspended until further notice, reports New York's Journal of Commerce.
This includes traffic in both directions into the Global 4 terminal in Joliet, Illinois and the key inland hubs of Chicago and Kansas City due to a bridge outage in New Mexico.
UP said Tuesday the "service interruption" means that trains en route have been stopped in place while no new trains are leaving the affected terminals.
"A bridge outage in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, is impacting operations between Dalhart and El Paso, Texas. Customers with rail shipments moving through the impacted area should anticipate a 72-hour delay," said UP.