Re: Amtrak train freed after being stuck almost 13 hours in 25-foot ND snowbank
Author: Cool... brrr
Date: 03-09-2017 - 08:37

So how did it get stopped in the first place? Was it rolling along at track speed when it hit a massive drift? Or was it stopped at a signal and then just froze to the track?

This kind of event seems pretty rare. I wonder if Amtrak gave out free wine and peanuts to keep passengers happy.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Amtrak train freed after being stuck almost 13 hours in 25-foot ND snowbank News at Noon 03-09-2017 - 08:21
  Re: Amtrak train freed after being stuck almost 13 hours in 25-foot ND snowbank Cool... brrr 03-09-2017 - 08:37
  Re: Amtrak train freed after being stuck almost 13 hours in 25-foot ND snowbank Ridgeway, PA 03-09-2017 - 08:45
  Re: Amtrak train freed after being stuck almost 13 hours in 25-foot ND snowbank Slow Train Coming 03-09-2017 - 09:02
  Re: City of San Francisco stuck for 3 days in snow at Norden CA in 1952 Graham Buxton 03-09-2017 - 09:31
  Re: Amtrak train freed after being stuck almost 13 hours in 25-foot ND snowbank jst3751 03-09-2017 - 10:42
  Re: Amtrak train freed after being stuck almost 13 hours in 25-foot ND snowbank RWS 03-09-2017 - 12:20
  Re: Amtrak train freed after being stuck almost 13 hours in 25-foot ND snowbank John Sweetser 03-09-2017 - 14:10


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