[CBQ] 3 Amtrak trains stalled near Mendota

[Leo <qutlx1@aol.com>]

Tonight's Chgo news reports 3 Amtrak trains stalled near Mendota,due to 
"blowing snow".

Any one have details ? 

As a veteran of the battles of the 77-78 and 78-79 winters that have been 
documented as colder with far more snow and of longer duration I find this hard 
to understand. We didn't have any Amtraks stuck back then. 

I rode #5 at the height of the 78-79 storm from Aurora to Omaha to attend a 
union general committee meeting. We certainly ran late but ran. We did have a 
pair of SD 40s or 45s running ahead of as a snowplow.

Leo Phillipp

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