the Northern Pacific train wreck on the "S" trestle 7 miles above Mullan, Idaho, on February 10, 1903.

An avalanche had taken out a sizable section of the trestle just hours after the train with a rotary snow plow stopped partly on the trestle so the crew could rest. Ironically, they had stopped on the end of the trestle to avoid the train being buried in an avalanche. A helper locomotive with tender and a caboose on the back of the train on the trestle were hurled over 75 feet into the gulch below, while a passenger car hung precariously over the chasm. Amazingly, nobody was killed. The injured NP personnel were hauled to the hospital in Wallace by hand sleigh. NP engine no. 396, a Baldwin manufactured E-Class 4-6-0, it's tender, and the caboose were a total loss.

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