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Rescued Passengers Endure Snowbound Train Ordeal
253 passengers aboard the Rock Island Golden State Limited faced two days and nights buried in a Meade County snowdrift. A rescue train hauled them to Milo then Meade, while some sought warmth in schools. Passengers described frigid, waterless cars and minimal food until air drops and transfer to buses.
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Frank Crawford
Kansas City
Norma Dult
Middletown
Ohio
Rock Svand Railroad
Golden State Limited
Meadelan
Milo
Chicago
Miss Duff
Los Angeles
Mearle
Symmasiant
George Helfrich
Brookfield
Meade
Western Plains
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon Limited
Dodge City