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Posted 24 June 2017 - 02:24 PM
The Durango (CO) Herald, 6/17/17:
Train derailment causes delays
No one hurt when coach cars left track
A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train derailed on Saturday afternoon causing some delays for passengers.
No one was injured when some coach cars on a train returning from Silverton came off the track, said Christian Robbins, a spokesman for the train.
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The last passengers to return arrived at depot about 7 p.m., he said.
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Posted 24 June 2017 - 02:32 PM
The Durango © Herald, 6/19/17:
Warm weather likely cause of Durango & Silverton train derailment
Another derailment occurred the same day
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad derailment late Saturday afternoon was the second worst incident in more than 30 years, and the second in one day on the tracks.
The train was returning from Silverton when two passenger cars came off the rails around 4:30 p.m., likely because warm weather damaged the rails, railroad spokesman Christian Robbins said Monday.
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Former train engineer Greg Cravatta was on the first car when it started to shake and vibrate and he realized it had derailed.
“I thought, ‘My god, Don’t tip over, don’t tip over,’” he said.
Cravatta shouted at the brakeman to pull the air brake. “He pulled that air brake immediately, and we stopped, and it was no big deal,” he said.
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Posted 24 June 2017 - 02:47 PM
KOB- TV Albuquerque, NM 6/23/17:
Heat causes popular Colorado attraction to temporarily shut down
DURANGO, Colo. – Colorado wasn’t left out of above-average temperatures last week, and one popular tourist attraction was taken off track for a time because of it.
Temperatures were in the 90s Saturday when a train car on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad came off the rails.
Likely at fault? The heat.
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