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Domestic News
February 5, 1906
The Evening Times
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
A prominent railroad official describes severe winter weather, including blizzards and alternating hot and freezing conditions, causing significant damage to tracks and high expenses for railroads.
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The present weather prevailing is of the worst kind for the railroads. According to a prominent railroad official it is somewhat expensive. He says:
"This winter opened up with a roaring blizzard and tied up traffic for a week. This alone was an enormous amount of expense to the railroads and the fine weather that followed was alone responsible for the traffic picking up. The last few weeks, however are the worst I have seen in a long time. The fine, hot weather comes one day and fills the roadbed with water, and a freezing temperature much below zero the next is most disastrous to the railways, as it pulls up the spikes, loosens rails and in every other manner conceivable does damaging harm to the track. However," he dryly remarked, "there is only six weeks more of it and then it will be all over for a few months, when the washouts will start."
"This winter opened up with a roaring blizzard and tied up traffic for a week. This alone was an enormous amount of expense to the railroads and the fine weather that followed was alone responsible for the traffic picking up. The last few weeks, however are the worst I have seen in a long time. The fine, hot weather comes one day and fills the roadbed with water, and a freezing temperature much below zero the next is most disastrous to the railways, as it pulls up the spikes, loosens rails and in every other manner conceivable does damaging harm to the track. However," he dryly remarked, "there is only six weeks more of it and then it will be all over for a few months, when the washouts will start."
What sub-type of article is it?
Weather
Transportation
What keywords are associated?
Railroad Damage
Winter Weather
Blizzard
Freezing Temperatures
Track Harm
Domestic News Details
Event Date
This Winter
Outcome
enormous expense to railroads; traffic tied up for a week; damaging harm to track including pulled up spikes and loosened rails
Event Details
Erratic winter weather with a roaring blizzard at the start tying up traffic, followed by fine weather, then recent alternating hot days filling roadbed with water and freezing nights below zero causing track damage.