In the 1960s, some local lumberjack would have come out....cut the tree in half, and hauled off the tree in a matter of three hours. I guess they are waiting on some lumberjack to arrive?
If it’s on the coast (the Seattle-LA run?), there’s really big trees there, like several feet in diameter - those take special care to take down. (But then that’s also logging country, so you’d think there would be somebody capable around there)
It happened to me about 20 years ago, near Whistler on BC Rail, a big hemlock fell across the tracks and we were stranded for 6 hours ... went through their entire liquor supply, free of charge of course
they’re waiting for the state to approve the destruction of a felled tree known to be the habitat of the spotted owl and three-toed ant. And the approval is pending receipt of an environmental impact statement on placing any felled tree parts on either side of the tracks, as well as effects of local demolition upon the surrounding wildlife and steps taken to mitigate such effects, filed in triplicate.