Alaska Railroad Avalanche
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(Click on image for video. Submitted by RaeEllen Kurzendoerfer.)
Locomotive GP40 numbers 3001, 3006 and 3002 on a 3,144-foot long freight train hauling 6,091 tons of freight stuck an avalanche at MP 71.5 on January 17, 2003 just before 2:00am. The line reopened on January 20 at 4:30pm.