Again Krause saw the dog running down the track on the train's return trip journey and immediately slowed the train down to 15-20 mph. “I heard him hit the snowplow (on the front of the train),” Krause said in an article in the Standard-Examiner. He had to continue to his destination but as soon as he got there he immediately drove at high speed back to the location of the incident in his own car. ''My heart went out to the little guy, and I had to go back and look.



The last thing I expected was to find him alive,” he said. When he arrived, the elderly, dazed Shih Tzu was still lying on the tracks. Krause said it appeared no one had cared for the dog for some time. “He looked like he had his bell rung pretty good. He was obviously in shock,” said Krause, who immediately took him to a veterinarian. The dog had suffered a concussion from the impact, and was harbouring multiple infections because of his long-time exposure to the elements, according to the Standard-Examiner.

Krause and his wife Lori have taken the dog in while he mends and now affectionately call him ''The Little Guy''! They hope to find him a new loving home as soon as he's recovered. What a great guy, Krause your our hero!