Steam to the Rescue!
Dec. 25th, 2009 08:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeThanks to Cheryl and several other people who sent me this story:
Steam train's snow rescue 'glory'
Short version: With ordinary train services disabled due to snow messing up the electrics, a steam train was able to run, rescuing about 100 stranded travelers.
I'm particularly amused by this quote:
Steam train's snow rescue 'glory'
Short version: With ordinary train services disabled due to snow messing up the electrics, a steam train was able to run, rescuing about 100 stranded travelers.
I'm particularly amused by this quote:
Mark Allatt, chairman of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust...added: "If any of the train operators want to modernise their services by using steam trains, I would be happy to give them a quote."
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