Cobourg\u0027s police chief says VIA did not alert his force about the stranded passengers on a train near the town.
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What they found were close to 200 confined, miserable passengers captured in a 12-hour Christmas nightmare. The winter storm that pelted the area, sent a tree crashing into the track area, forcing the train to stop. With many children on board, it sat there into the night. Add a derailed cargo train near Grafton, this was a very busy Christmas for first responders.“We had no idea it was there,” said Cobourg Police Chief
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