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.
Trains don’t derail for no reason........
Mayor Choo Choo Pete is on the case
“Meanwhile, Pete Buttigieg is lactating for baby.”
Lol, Wish I said it.
Yes, they maintain the main lines. The lower volume lines are not. Eventually they are abandoned. These side tracks are where most of the derailments happen. I have seen it with lumber mills and customers for almost 40 years.
Railroads make the most money(ROI) when they pick up a 100 car train in WY and bring the entire train to the power plant in MN. This is the same metric with oil trains. The entire train starts in ND and ends up at a refinery somewhere back east.
Throughout the country there are millions of miles of track. Including switching lines that also need to be maintained. These are not through lines. They are smaller volume lines. Many are in bad shape because they do not generate enough revenue. This is where MOST derailments happen. It is from old infrastructure.
I've lived here in Colorado Springs for 30 years and can remember only one derailment, and that was intentional. It was a coal train that lost its' brakes in downtown Colorado Springs.
two derailments, a military train and a coal train, one week apart. not a coincidence
What are the odds that the Google Maps satellite image shows us a mile long coal train on that overpass?
Thanks. Of course, I hadn’t yet looked to see if there were any pictures, but that would make sense.
Yep, that’s the long way around, for sure. But a beautiful senic drive.
There are several train trestles here in the Twilight Zone that I really don’t want to stop under when there is a red light.
I live in Whatcom County, WA, where two women Antifa members were convicted of domestic terrorism for attempting to deploy shunts that Antifa uses to knock oil trains off the tracks. They were the only Antifa members who they have been able to convict because they also had ties to a Canadian anti-oil group. This isn’t a conspiracy. They also have proof of the arson caused wildfires being tied to Antifa members. They know who they are, but the government isn’t willing to make an arrest.
In WA State, they changed the alleged cause of the fire that killed a two year old boy to a tree falling on an electric wire to protect the perpetrators, but after they did that, the fires more or or less stopped, or at least slowed down to normal numbers.
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