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
Democrats have spent the last 20 years diligently destroying the lumber industry, around here. Old growth forests are off limits, and while replanted trees are starting to get large enough for harvesting, finding young men who are willing to take the risks inherent in lumbering is harder, all the time.
The public schools in Oregon and Washington have spent a long time convincing children that a degree in gender studies is worth more than being able to set a choker.