The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-13
.SN0WDOUND, TRAINS ARE BADLY DELAYED @. & c. Caught in Mountains
 of Kentucky ALL ON SLOW ORDERS Frisco and Illinois Central Were ALSO Several Hours Behind and the
 Trains From East Are
 All Delayed

s,..,,,,o,,,d in inc mountains of Ken .,.a,,,, for some few hours and running 10 bours late into Birmingham, was the ex- nerience of passengers on the Queen .,,d Crescent train due here yesterday ,,,o.nine at 1O:1O o'clock. The train was caught a few miles north of Danville, Ky, on the mountain division, where it is hilly, rough and wild. The snow, it is report ed here, had hampered train operations, and it was only with the utmost caution that the train was allowed to proceed. The train reached Birmingham late yes terday afternoon struggling against the freezing elements to get into New Or leans.
 To protect passengers from Birmingham to local points and through passengers to New Orleans the Queen and Crescent management out of Birmingham operated a special train as first section of the be- lated passenger from Birmingham yes terday morning. The officials here were not very much worried over the belated limited. It was reported that the train was actually standing still snowbound for only short time. The remainder of the time causing the delay was con sumed in slow operations while the track was being cleared of snow. No hard ships were experienced by the passengers excepting for the delay of several hours The dining cars were liberaliy stocked and no discomfort was felt
 The extremely bad weather now hold ing Birmingham and the north country in it's grip has seriously interferred with the operation of trains. It was reported yesterday that the Frisco management would not operate any freishts out or St. Louis yesterday southbound for fear that the snow would catch one of them in the mountains and tie up the entire division. For that reason only passenger trains were allowed to get away from prominent terminal points, and not at that time until thorough inspections had been made With all the precautions, however, the passenger trains were delayed. The Frisco limited, due here yesterday aft ernoon at o'clock, was operating 10 hours late, and with a margin open for fur ther delays. The Seminole limited or the Illinois Central reported five hours late yesterday afternoon with the margin open for further delays. The Birming- ham special of the Southern railway was delivered to the Atlanta division yester- day late and operated into Birmingham approximately three hours behind time. The other trains on the Southern railway, including the express from Washington, due here at noon, were operating three hours Nte out of Atlanta.
 l" The cola weathgraiid tlrs keIsss esrC,as $ that have fallen in the north and east have completely demoralized conditions in Birmingham as far as railroad operations are concerned. At the Terminal station during the last few days a train operat- ing on time was matter of interest.
 The Louisville and Nashville from the north seemed to have little better luck than the other lines, although trains on that railroad were in some instances held out on account of the cold weather. The railroad operators take the situation philosophically, saying that they cannot combat with the clements and run trains on schedule in the face of snowstorms and other natural obstacles.
 The local trains into Birmingham were with few exceptions little behind time. As much as % minutes, 30 minutes on time in view of the other startling figures presented for contemplation by restless passengers.