Re: NNG Witness saw beginning of fire near Royal Gorge

kwilcomb Wrote:
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> They can toss carbon out of the exhaust stacks ,
> but in their defense if a lighter and buts were
> found near a point of ignition and given that the
> ignitions happened at several different points
> along the line ;

I rode the rear end of a BNSF freight leaving Denver for Montana a few years ago .... diesels were throwing sparks from their exhaust and we watched as multiple grass fires sprang up along the tracks. Steam engines aren't the only ones who can set fires.

Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
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