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How an 'ancient landslide' keeps threatening a railroad, homes in San Clemente

Metrolink and Amtrak were forced to suspend service between Orange and San Diego counties for several weeks as crews conduct emergency repairs caused by beach erosion in San Clemente, California, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021.

LOS ANGELES — When heavy rains and high surf from Tropical Storm Kay battered much of Southern California's seaboard this month, the ground shifted — ever so slightly — under the railroad along San Clemente's coast.

It wasn't the first time.

The movement in the railway's foundation caused short-term delays for Metrolink riders as officials attempted to mitigate the worsening erosion near the oceanfront rail line, threatened by a fragile landscape that also poses danger to expensive homes perched on a nearby

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