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A tiny train can go a long way... as long as it doesn't go off the rails. During a snowstorm, on an evening in March 1947 in Guénette, over 250 passengers were unaware of the incoming danger while their train closed in on the horseshoe-shaped curve. The train rushed ahead at full speed, and the inevitable happened. Both the engineer and the driver perished in the crash, but the travellers were luckily unarmed. In shock, they walked all the way to Bédard Station to seek help. Thus, they beat the clock and reached their stop before their train actually did.

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