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guymonmd

June 23, 2010 01:39PM

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I read on 9news.com that the fire had mutiple ignition points along the railroad tracks. That would coinside with this report.
The Royal Gorge trains are diesel, but breaks get hot, and other things happen that cause diesel trains to start fires along the tracks.

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NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	Larry	June 23, 2010 01:00PM
Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	Samart	June 23, 2010 01:05PM
Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	guymonmd	June 23, 2010 01:39PM
Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	tomc	June 23, 2010 02:08PM
Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	kwilcomb	June 23, 2010 04:21PM
Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	Skip	June 23, 2010 08:23PM
Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	JS Driver	June 24, 2010 08:35PM
Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	Samart	June 24, 2010 09:06PM
Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	dbx	June 25, 2010 04:10PM
Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	SoCalCond	June 25, 2010 06:06PM
Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge	CharlieMcCandless	June 25, 2010 07:35PM

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