How is it we didn't talk about the Wind River Derailment?

YoHo May 15, 2010

  1. YoHo

    YoHo TrainBoard Supporter

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    Or maybe it's not in the BNSF forum.

    Earlier this week BNSF manifest from Laurel to Denver hit a fallen bolder and spilled the engines and a couple cars into the River.

    Someone on Driving by stopped and caught it with a Camera and put it on YouTube.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiREoxHbzkQ&feature=player_embedded

    Looks like the or someone else go Highway patrol there fairly quickly.
     
  2. rdandrea

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    Been following it on the Colorado-Railfan yahoo group. The crew got a good drenching and climbed out the engineer's side window and built a fire to keep warm. When help showed up, they had to walk out a ways to get to vehicles. They had mild hypothermia and were treated and released from the hospital--they're OK.

    Here's a post from trainorders.com with an "official" report:
    More Info on Wind River Canyon derailment

    And some pictures from CNN:
    BNSF Train Derailment - CNN iReport

    Both links courtesy of posters to Colorado-Railfan group.
     

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