{"id":1859,"date":"2010-11-29T11:04:26","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T19:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2013-04-03T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T22:12:07","slug":"bnsf-coal-train-derails-in-pueblo-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/1859\/bnsf-coal-train-derails-in-pueblo-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"BNSF Coal Train Derails in Pueblo, Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PUEBLO, CO &#8211; A BNSF train hauling coal derailed in Pueblo, CO in a spectacular crash on Saturday morning, November 27, 2010.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1861\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1861\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1861\" title=\"pueblo-co-bnsf-train-derailment\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pueblo-co-bnsf-train-derailment.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pueblo-co-bnsf-train-derailment.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pueblo-co-bnsf-train-derailment-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thirty-one cars involved in BNSF train derailment in Pueblo, CO on November 27, 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pueblo is in Pueblo County, Colorado in the southern part of the state, about 112 miles southeast of Denver.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred shortly after 8:00 a.m. just off Highway 50 near the intersection of Baxter Road. The crash was caught on a surveillance video from a local business (see video below).<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/ww2.KKTV.com\/global\/video\/videoplayer.js?rnd=166671;hostDomain=ww2.KKTV.com;playerWidth=492;playerHeight=380;isShowIcon=true;clipId=5333261;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=undefined;enableAds=false;landingPage=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.kktv.com%252Fvideo%252F;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=MINI_EMBEDDEDscript\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The crash was huge and one could see billowing clouds of smoke and debris being kicked up on the video. A news reporter on the video said that local residents in the area described the noise as &#8220;like a bomb going off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-one rail cars derailed in the mishap. There were 2 railroad workers on the train and fortunately, no injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were involved.<\/p>\n<p>The 120-car train was carrying coal from Wyoming to Texas. The 40th to the 70th rail cars were involved int he derailment.<\/p>\n<p>The derailment occurred over an area of about 6,100 feet of track and tossed rail cars and coal all over the place.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1865\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1865\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1865\" title=\"pueblo-co-bnsf-train-derailment-map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pueblo-co-bnsf-train-derailment-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pueblo-co-bnsf-train-derailment-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pueblo-co-bnsf-train-derailment-map-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Location of BNSF train derailment in Pueblo, CO near Highway 50 and Baxter Road.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Crews had to work into the late hours to lift the derailed train back on the tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Each coal car was carrying 200 tons of coal, but it is not known exactly how much coal was spilled in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>BNSF says that it could take several months to figure out the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Published by <a title=\"fela lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/CM\/Custom\/Attorneys.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">FELA lawyer<\/a> Gordon &#038;amp Elias, LLP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUEBLO, CO &#8211; A BNSF train hauling coal derailed in Pueblo, CO in a spectacular crash on Saturday morning, November 27, 2010. Pueblo is in Pueblo County, Colorado in the southern part of the state, about 112 miles southeast of Denver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,145,84,36,50],"tags":[136],"class_list":["post-1859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bnsf-railroad","category-colorado-railroad-news","category-railroad-workers","category-train-accidents","category-train-derailments","tag-railroad-injury-lawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1859"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5774,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions\/5774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}