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Where did this story come from and how come it's never been mentioned before in any other publication?
2
How did 268 "come to the rescue" with the right-of-way blocked by the derailment??
Eddy
Jerry474 Wrote:
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> During the filming of the movie "Denver & Rio
> Grande," the 268 became a real hero to 115
> tourists riding the regular Silverton train. The
> routine summer time tourist train, powered by K-28
> number 473, was returning from Silverton on
> Wednesday, July 11 with cars of ore and several
> passenger cars including the Silver Vista
> observation car, when 473 derailed and ran into
> the river at Mile Post 483.75 on a weakened
> right-of-way which caused the rails to spread.
> Only the brakeman, Martin Rhodes, was injured when
> he leaped from the engine. A railroad motor car
> (speeder) following the train, backed into
> Silverton and sent a message to Rockwood where the
> movie equipment with 268 was wrapping up their
> work for the day. The 268 and the available
> coaches, backed up from Rockwood to the scene of
> the derailment 13 miles south of Silverton where
> the tourists had been waiting for five hours with
> only coffee made by the crew for sustenance. Some
> of the passengers had to sit on the coach floors
> of the rescue train which did not reach Durango
> until midnight.