Newsreel - Snowstorm strands dozens on Donner Pass (1952)

Just because you're snowed-in here-and-now doesn't mean you wouldn't have been in similar circumstances there-and-then. I

n this case, the passenger train "City of San Francisco" has been stranded in over ten feet of snow after a blizzard within the legendary Donner Pass.

The travelers survived this journey, unlike their fabled predecessors, the legendary Donner Party of the mid-19th century, who, when stranded, resorted to cannibalism.

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[LPSlover3530]

I just inished watching the shining and I trustno-one. ),8

[jeepers2655]

that had to suck!....i would got some skis and went down the slopes just to get away......LOL

[BartLCY10]

I wonder if back then the first thing the passangers did after being rescued was suing the railroad company

[Steven Samra]

The most incredible thrill of living 25 wonderful years in the Sierra Nevadas was the knowledge that man was just a mere speck and the forces of nature clearly evident around him could crush him like a bug at damned near any moment.

[BeaverCreekHome]

Awesome !!

[christelle dalmeida]

cool but in now days  we have 25 ffeet very intersting

[Andy Hoffman]

Epic.

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[acyoung07]

I too live very near to Donner Pass/Truckee and have found myself in a few nasty blizzards/snowstorms. Isn't hard to imagine how someone or something can get stranded there...even today.

[James Davey]

I live by Donner Pass and its insane how hard the snow can come down.

[LUVMYKID136]

very interesting