LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — Missouri River Runner service has been canceled today, the second day of cancellations because of a Union Pacific derailment early Sunday near Kansas City, according to the Amtrak Alerts feed on social media site X.
The through Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner trains that operate between Chicago and Kansas City are originating or terminating in St. Louis. Substitute bus transportation is being provided for trains 311, 316, 318, and 319 between St. Louis and Kansas City.
The engineer and conductor were injured in a Sunday derailment of locomotives and up to 20 cars of a 144-car UP train in Lee’s Summit, Mo., on Sunday [see “Crew members injured …,” Trains News Wire, April 28, 2024].
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