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Earl

April 11, 2016 11:16PM

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The picture seems to be completely mislabeled.

That is the wreck of D&RG 217 at one of the short bridges over Lightener Creek west of Durango on the RGS. The wreck occurred at about 140am, September 19, 1919. Heavy rains had washed out the bridge and it collapsed as 217 rolled out onto it. 217 rolled over on it's right side trapping engineer Ralph Peake in the cab and drowning him.

The wreck is well documented in various Rio Grande Southern books.

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train wreck	farley67	April 11, 2016 11:05PM
Re: trian wreck	Earl	April 11, 2016 11:16PM
Wreck of the 217	hank	April 12, 2016 12:33PM
Re: Wreck of the 217	jalbers	April 12, 2016 12:42PM
Re: Wreck of the 217	farley67	April 17, 2016 11:59AM
Amazing what is on the internet...	MSRRKevin	April 12, 2016 04:07PM
Re: Amazing what is on the internet...	Jimmy Blouch	April 12, 2016 04:47PM
Re: Amazing what is on the internet...	farley67	April 17, 2016 12:12PM
Re: Amazing what is on the internet...	Rich Muth	April 13, 2016 09:03AM
More Info on the wreck at MP 338+	Rich Muth	April 20, 2016 05:56PM
Re: Amazing what is on the internet...	farley67	April 17, 2016 12:13PM
Re: train wreck	farley67	April 17, 2016 10:27AM
Re: trian wreck	et&wnc	April 13, 2016 11:18AM
Re: trian wreck	Brian Norden	April 13, 2016 11:24PM
Re: train wreck	farley67	April 17, 2016 12:24PM
Re: trian wreck	Earl	April 14, 2016 12:09PM
Re: train wreck	farley67	April 17, 2016 01:20PM
Re: train wreck	farley67	April 19, 2016 09:58PM
Re: trian wreck	Earl	April 20, 2016 06:27PM
Re: trian wreck	CharlieMcCandless	April 20, 2016 06:42PM
Re: trian wreck	CharlieMcCandless	April 20, 2016 06:44PM
Re: trian wreck	farley67	April 24, 2016 03:00PM

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