In the early morning of Feb 2nd,1989, the temperature outside was a chilly -30 degrees Fahrenheit with the Weather service reports having wind chills in the -75 range, Most of the town was not yet awake. There was a train waiting for new locomotives at the top of the pass. Due to the cold, the air brakes failed on the train cars sitting at the top of Mullan pass, causing them to slide back down the pass and into Helena. The runaway cars hit a parked train car at a what is now a cement plant next to the campus of Carroll College. the result was extensive damage to Carroll College and power outages around town. This video is the KFBB report looking back at the report from the day after the wreck.
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