Freight trains are often an inconvenience but Amtrak seems to fugk up on a whole different level.
I got stuck on i5 4 or 5 years back when some dumb azz train operator tried to take a curve way to fast. Ran off the rails right onto the highway and into the trees.
I know the case you're talking about, and there's far more to the story than "some dumb azz train operator". But yeah - that was a clusterfork. A group effort, that was.