Summary

FOLKS IN LA SALLE, COLORADO ARE CALLING THE TRAIN WRECK IN THEIR TOWN A MIRACLE” A MIRACLE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SCRATCH A SINGLE PERSON THE TRAIN REACHED SPEEDS OF NEARLY 80 MILES PER HOUR AND TRAVELED MORE THAN 40 MILES ON ITS OWN AFTER THE ENGINEER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS IN THE TOWN OF NUNN THE TRAIN WITH ONE LOCOMOTIVE AND THREE CARS CRASHED INTO ANOTHER TRAIN WITH 2,000 POUNDS OF DIESEL FUEL ON BOARD THIS MORNING FOR SOME REASON ALL THE SAFETY DEVICES ON THE TRAIN FAILED LUCKILY NO IGNITION SOURCE WAS PRESENT, PREVENTING A MASSIVE EXPLOSION

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 282989
Story Slug RUNAWAY TRAIN WRECK
Location LA SALLE, COLORADO
Format PKG
Date 11/06/1991
Archive Time 27:35
TRT 1:33
Supers STEVE DANIELS, REPORTING CATHY HUERTA, RESIDENT LEROY PHIFFER, UNION PACIFIC GARY SANDAU, FIRE MARSHALL
Video Description GROUND SHOTS OF WRECKED TRAIN, SOTS, SHOTS OF TRACKS, SHOTS OF LOCOMOTIVE, MORE WRECKAGE SHOTS
Description FOLKS IN LA SALLE, COLORADO ARE CALLING THE TRAIN WRECK IN THEIR TOWN A MIRACLE” A MIRACLE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SCRATCH A SINGLE PERSON THE TRAIN REACHED SPEEDS OF NEARLY 80 MILES PER HOUR AND TRAVELED MORE THAN 40 MILES ON ITS OWN AFTER THE ENGINEER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS IN THE TOWN OF NUNN THE TRAIN WITH ONE LOCOMOTIVE AND THREE CARS CRASHED INTO ANOTHER TRAIN WITH 2,000 POUNDS OF DIESEL FUEL ON BOARD THIS MORNING FOR SOME REASON ALL THE SAFETY DEVICES ON THE TRAIN FAILED LUCKILY NO IGNITION SOURCE WAS PRESENT, PREVENTING A MASSIVE EXPLOSION
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Keywords

ACCIDENT
CRASH
DISASTER
I SURVIVED
AVOIDED
LUCKY TO BE ALIVE
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