RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW5369 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad EMD SD40T-2 at Mitchell, Colorado by Frank Wilson
 
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» Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (more..)
» EMD SD40T-2 (more..)
» Tennessee Pass Tunnel  
» Mitchell, Colorado, USA (more..)
» November 22, 1994
Locomotive No./Train ID Photographer
» DRGW5369 (more..)
» Unknown
» Frank Wilson (more..)
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This is the aftermath of the November 22, 1994 taconite train runaway on Tennessee Pass. The train ran away on the 3% grade, and ended up in a pile at the bottom of the Mitchell Curves. This is a photo of the entire 50 car train piled up in a area less than a football field. Remarkably the lead locomotive stayed on the rails, with no one was killed...
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