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2. Amtrak train also got stuck there a few years ago

Fri Jan 13, 2023, 01:48 PM

Jan 2023

Slightly different circumstances since it was the derailment of a snowplow that stranded the train, but it brought up memories of the 1952 event.

https://www.chicoer.com/2008/02/02/amtrak-trains-stuck-at-snowy-donner-pass-with-nearly-400-riders-trapped/

YOU know your getting old when 15 is a "few years".

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