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Last June, the Empire Builder carried about 50,000 passengers, but Mr. Magliari said it's too early to tell how many are disrupted by this cancellation.

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"There are several hundred passengers on two trains a day who count on the Empire Builder to get them across the northern states," Mr. Magliari said.

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The 46-hour trip is Amtrak's busiest overnight train, Mr. Magliari said.

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Losses are also too early to predict, but will include damage to the newly renovated Amtrak station in Minot, "which we expect to be inundated," Mr. Magliari said.

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"Until tracks are reopened, which is not really forecasted, we're unable to operate between St. Paul, Minn., and Havre," Mont., said an Amtrak spokesman, Marc Magliari.

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Magliari says the man had been trespassing on the tracks owned by CSX.

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Three Amtrak employees and two occupants of the private railcar received minor injuries, Magliari said.

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To the south, Magliari said, the regional Missouri River Runner has suspended round-trip service and now skips five cities between St. Louis and Kansas City.

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"These are the worst weeks of disruption I've seen in my 10 years at Amtrak," said Marc Magliari, a Chicago-based regional spokesman.

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Magliari said Amtrak is shouldering the costs of employee overtime and charter buses.

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