Trains and Snow - Part 1

Here in central New Jersey we have been having a mild winter, although we just entered a cold spell today. But still no snow to speak of. Not normal for us. But other parts of North America have gotten snow, and the following sets of pictures we received via email show 2 railroads dealing with a lot of snow.

The first set of pics are of a CN coal train on the ex BC RAIL/PGE that was hit by a snowslide. Don't know exactly when this happened, but the email was dated 1/11/07. The email also included the following text: "CP also had a major avalanche on the Mountain Sub at the west end of the Mount McDonald Tunnel yesterday blocking the railroad and the trans-Canada highway."