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It had overcome the risks of
avalanches, rock falls, civil war, and World War II. But its tragic destiny was finally
sealed one early Friday morning, when fate would play its last card. The weather was freezing in
March 1970 when a train stopped on the French side for the engineers
to try to ensure that the wheels had proper traction on the rails. But while they were doing it, the
train slipped and rolled backwards. It gathered speed to over
100km an hour and crashed into a bridge, destroying it
avalanches, rock falls, civil war, and World War II. But its tragic destiny was finally
sealed one early Friday morning, when fate would play its last card. The weather was freezing in
March 1970 when a train stopped on the French side for the engineers
to try to ensure that the wheels had proper traction on the rails. But while they were doing it, the
train slipped and rolled backwards. It gathered speed to over
100km an hour and crashed into a bridge, destroying it
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It had overcome the risks of
avalanches, rock falls,
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civil war, and World War II.
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But its tragic destiny was finally
sealed one early Friday morning,
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when fate would play its last card.
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The weather was freezing in
March 1970 when a train stopped on
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the French side for the engineers
to try to ensure that the wheels
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had proper traction on the rails.
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But while they were doing it, the
train slipped and rolled backwards.
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It gathered speed to over
100km an hour and crashed
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into a bridge, destroying it.
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Movie Summary
Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
