An Amtrak train in North Dakota was stuck in a 25-foot snowbank for 13 hours

An Amtrak train was stuck in a snowbank for 13 hours.
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Your morning commute complaints just got topped. On Wednesday, an Amtrak train in North Dakota carrying 111 passengers got stuck in the snow for 13 hours.

Shortly after finally leaving the station early Wednesday after an overnight delay due to high winds and snow, the train got lodged in a massive snowbank in north-central North Dakota. The snowbank measured an estimated 200 feet in length, and loomed 25 feet high.

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