Train traffic blocked near Granby, Colorado

chad_thomas · October 17, 2005, 3:36pm

From Altamont Press:

A rockslide in Grand County, Colorado on the Union Pacific Railroad is blocking
passenger and freight train traffic. It happened early Saturday morning in Byers Canyon, just west of Granby.

Officials say the slide is blocking the railroad tracks. Power lines were also knocked over. At one point Saturday, trains were backed up to Glenwood Springs. Amtrak tells us the California Zypher is being detoured. Passengers traveling to any of the stops near the rockslide, will be bused to their destinations. - KCNC-TV4, Denver, CO, courtesy Larry W. Grant

dldance · October 17, 2005, 5:51pm

I suppose they could reopen Tennesee Pass – but except for the Zypher, it shouldn’t impact that much traffic.

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mudchicken · October 17, 2005, 6:42pm

Gravity works - and the Tennessee Pass line would need some TLC to open up (500 Ft. of skeleton track at West Vail for openers, plainly visible from I-70 along with a boulder between the rails on a bridge approach (Eagle River) nearby. Then there is what the numbskulls did to the main track at Avon.)

Ah yes, the joys of mountain railroading[:D]

Anonymous · October 17, 2005, 7:21pm

He’s right–gravity works [:D]!