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While we're on the subject of (railroad) rumors, myths, and urban legends......................... (Never fear, no flaming here......) There is a story in one of those Little House books about the CNW trying to buck some pretty deep snow filled cuts to reopen the line back in the 1880's. The story as related says the Superintendent of the railroad took the controls of the lead engine pushing a flatcar mounted snow plow after the engineer declined to do so. They (the superintendent and an engineer in a second locomotive) backed up a mile or so, pulled full throttle, and hit the train-high drift head on. After the resultant snow shower cleared, they found the lead engine stuck fast completely encapsulated in a foot thick layer of ice, and they had to chop a hole in the ice just to get to the cab. Can anyone ascertain from records that this event actually took place as told, or is it simply artistic license at play?
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