Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1917 — MOOSE STOP TRAINS [ARTICLE]

MOOSE STOP TRAINS

Herds of moose have been delaying trains on the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, which runs through Jasper Park, Alberta. The superintendent at Jasper reported that following a ten-foot snowfall in that region the animals would gather on the tracks, which was the only place cleared, and would fun frantically ahead of the engine. Sometimes passenger trains would lose as much as two hours by slowing down or stopping to avoid killing the moose. In one or two instances the animals turned and charged the engines.