 Severe snow storms hit Angus in February 1947, and a passenger train was snowed in at Dronley cutting for over a week.Severe rationing still existed at the time, the roads were blocked, and the coal from the stranded engine was stolen, so that more had to be sent for to get the engine started again.There were also problems at Auchterhouse station, where snow drifts blocked the line under the road bridge.