Oregon Slide Clean-Up Fast Facts

Number of workers at the site during peak of construction: 200

Number of construction equipment at the site: 150

Amount of rock needed to restabilize the mountain: 700,000 tons

Amount of unstable material removed from the site: 1 million tons. Most of the slide was very fine silt that could not be used to rebuild the mountain.

Total amount of timber salvaged from the site: 660,000 board feet, enough to build about 66 three-bedroom houses.

Typical delay to customers due to the slide: 42 to 76 hours

Number of daily trains that were rerouted via Bend, Ore., and Salt Lake City: 30

Maximum loaded cars in a 24-hour period: 547

Maximum train movement in 24-hour period: 56

Maximum work train starts in one day: 23 (Avg. 21/day)

Train crews called: 1,041

Total train employees called: 4,164

Estimated total train employee man hours: 54,145

Number of rock quaries used: 5

Fastest time for a 10-car train to be loaded:

• Rock: 16 minutes
• Unsuitable soil: 8 minutes
  
  

Yards of Snow Removed:

• Snow removal on roads: 110,000 yd³ or 6,600,000 gallons
• Clearing for road access: 230,100 yd³ or 13,806,000 gallons
• Total: 340,100 yd³ or 20,406,000 gallons

Total Precipitation (Jan. 20 to April 4, 2008): 31.8 inches, most since 1996

Miles of road maintained: 49

Days track out of service: 77