100 years ago today - Marshall Pass

Salida Record, Sept. 30, 1904: “Yesterday evening train number 69 which leaves Salida at noon ran away down the western slope of Marshall Pass and as a result fourteen coal cars and the engine are a pile of wreckage at the bottom of the embankment.
That no lives were lost is remarkable considering that this is as bad as any of the previous wrecks that have occurred at this exact spot, the last one having occurred about a year and a half ago when Harry Goldwater and Nelson Van Pelt lost their lives.
Traffic will be delayed until this evening, at least, as much of the wreckage is wedged in the cut and will require considerable work before it can be cleared for travel.”