In Pennsylvania, at least 19 people were injured in a 50-car pileup on foggy Interstate 81. Poor weather and holiday traffic were blamed for at least three fatalities in other accidents in the state. In Washington state, Interstate 90 through the Snoqualmie Pass remained closed early Monday due to slippery pavement. However, Amtrak had no major delays or problems, said spokeswoman Cecilia Cummings. In the Northeast alone, we added 40 extra trains to our service.
Domestic airlines continue to wrangle with labor problems.
Flight attendants for both American and United have been leafleting selected airports to call attention to their wage demands. United is also wrangling with mechanics, as is Northwest. For Delta, U.S. Airways, and Continental, it's the pilots who've got their dander up. Air traffic controllers are also steaming. The delays, the union says, then ripple throughout the entire system.