Posted on 10/16/2023 6:29:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
A cargo train derailed Sunday afternoon near Pueblo, Colorado, and spilled coal along the highway.
According to Colorado State Patrol, it appeared the train derailed on a collapsed bridge at an overpass.
Footage of the wreckage shows a semi-truck trapped beneath the overpass where the cargo train derailed.
The derailment caused I-25 to close in both directions.
Several agencies in Colorado reportedly are assisting with the cleanup.
VIDEO AT LINK..............
“I 25 mile post 106 northbound and southbound near PUEBLO is closed due to train derailment. Expect extended closure in the area due to train cars and coal on the interstate,” Colorado State Patrol posted.
“I 25 detours are: SB is being Routed off at exit 135 to Highway 115 then back to I 25. NB is being routed to Highway 50 over to Highway 115 and back on the I 25. Media staging will be exit 104 to the side of I 25.”
“I25 north of Pueblo closed to North & Southbound traffic due to a train derailment impacting interstate. Motorists going north to Colo Springs need to exit @ HWY 50 and go west to Penrose & north HWY 115. Southbound traffic from Colo Springs to Pueblo take HWY 115 south,” Pueblo County Sheriff posted.
CBS News reports:
A semi was reportedly under the bridge at the time, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Rescue crews are working to extricate the unconscious driver. It is currently unknown if other vehicles are involved.
Colorado State Patrol said around 5:15 p.m. that the bridge the train was traveling on appeared to have collapsed.
It’s not clear exactly when the bridge collapsed, but local Leo Star contacted CBS News Colorado and sent pictures of the derailment just before 4 p.m.
A separate picture from Colorado State Patrol shows the truck underneath the collapsed bridge.
It is unclear what led to the derailment of the train. There were multiple agencies currently working the scene.
Meanwhile, Pete Buttigieg is lactating for baby.
The driver died, unfortunately..
One second, you’re minding your own business driving down the interstate, and the next second a train falls on you................
Travel Impacts
It would be a good idea to think about your commute if traveling between the two cities.
Colorado State Patrol advises anyone traveling south on I-25 towards Pueblo will be detoured at mile marker 110 onto Old Pueblo Rd and south to Colorado 47 on the east side of Pueblo.
If you are heading north from Pueblo to Colorado Springs and beyond, use Highway 50 to go west, then link up with Highway 115 through Penrose and on towards Colorado Springs to get back on I-25.
These detours could add a significant amount of traffic and time needed for travel.
Fossil fuel train wrecks are never accidental. Antifa has been using this tactic, along with wild fires for years, now. They even derailed an AMTRAC train in Montana because it ran on the same tracks as the coal trains.
Bridge at 38.388472, -104.619675
Looks old.
Imagine if it was a cargo train full of guns that derailed. The guns would have bone berzerk and would be loose right now wreaking havoc all across the nation... guns be dangerous! /s
Especially when they team up with SUVs.
Perhaps the truck driver misjudged the height of his vehicle in relation to the height of the bridge damaging the bridge and causing the truck to be stuck under the damaged bridge. Then when the train passed over it caused the damaged bridge to collapse on top of the truck.
Sad but I kind of expected that a train falling on your head wouldn’t be survivable.
Whoooo boy that would be turibble indeed! Complete anarchy
Because of Antifa dynamite exploding under the bridge supports?
Per Fox31 TV in Denver: Biden was supposed to be in Pueblo today. Now he cancelled.
Credit for a sane answer suggestion, but from the given photo, doubtful. The image of the bridge shows relatively intact metal structure of the ‘front edge’ that the truck would have hit first, and that part of the bridge looks unscathed.
Fearing an infrastructure failure, these coal trains are more common and much more concentrated on their routes. In Glenwood Canyon, CO, i have seen two 90-100 car coal/coal tar full tankers go through within a half hour, heading east, multiple trains both directions several times daily. Usually westbounds are faster and empty. And there is an attempt to increase oil tanker traffic
Not a crazed EV or anti ICE guy, but sending that much tonnage through a twelve mile canyon is insane. It’s not an energy issue., it’s a disaster “take a different route “ issue. Colorado River, interstate 70, Amtrak all share the canyon’s path. When it closes frequently for “minor incidents “, it is beyond just inconvenient. The alternate traffic route is four hours. The Colorado River is the same one that goes down stream to millions. A closure from a derailment, with ANY oil leakage would be beyond devastating.
FYI, i drive a Ford Expedition 4x4, that’s not going to change.
Most likely that coal train was heading to a coal fired power plant. Antifa would be a very good guess. Watch how fast the feds work to get to the bottom of this.
My guess is that they will have this solved by the 4th of never.
There are MILLIONS of miles of railroad tracks throughout North America. In many places the bridges/overpasses are in bad shape. That is why many old railway tracks are being abandoned. This is because the cost to repair them and bring them up to safety standards is more than that section of track brings in revenue in a five to ten year period.
For example, the Camas Prairie Railroad was purchased ten years ago for the SCRAP value of the iron rails. The company continued to run the railroad for another five years until the overpasses were so bad that the derailments were almost weekly. These derailments were happening even when the cars were only going 5-10 MPH.
Eventually, the government said either repair or abandon the line. They chose to abandon it. First thing they did was pull every piece of iron scrap out from Orofino, Idaho all the way down hill to Lewiston, Idaho.
Biden was supposed to be in Pueblo today but that has been cancelled.................
Not everything is a conspiracy. Derailments happen EVERYDAY on the US rail system. This is because old infrastructure. It comes down to simple return on investment. Most of these rail tracks were laid down in the 1800s. When labor was cheap. The cost to rebuild them today costs much more than these lines generate in revenue on a annual basis.
All of the major North American railroads(UP, BNSF, CN, CPRS, NS, CSXT) are major corporations. They make money by charging for transport of goods. Their profit is reduced by the cost to maintain existing rail lines. So, the less they spend on replacing ties, bridges, overpasses. etc the more they make. The more the CEO gets paid. The more their stock goes up in price.
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