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It's Cold Outside
« on: January 07, 2014, 07:40:25 am »

We're experiencing the result of the Polar Vortex and a good percentage of the country is experiencing extreme cold & snow.
In 1952, 222 passengers were stranded on Donner Pass in California by winter blizzard.

Story from Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum:

http://cprr.org/Museum/Stranded_Streamliner_1952/index.html

Video of rescue:
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Railroad Crossings: Mother Natures way of thinning the gene pool.

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