Re: Durang Herald reports residents douse fire next to tracks

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Trains rolling into town are just that, rolling
> along, with the engine hardly working at all. I
> can see a possible fire where the engine is hard
> at it, climbing a grade like Hermosa hill, but
> returning near town I suspect little coal is used,
> and few cinders anyway from the stack.
> Greg

My thoughts exactly, when I saw this article. This fire started around 5PM, so any train activity would be returning to Durango. Anyone who has chased such trains knows full well that they are just loafing into town and that is not the type of operation that tends to throw a lot of hot cinders. Unfortunately, the folks who write such stories typically have little technical knowledge to support their claims.

/Kevin Madore