colorado hirailer posted:I just wonder if this is the first fire supposedly caused by a steamer along the ROW, given the D&RGW ran trains, coal fired steamers, over this route since the 1880's?
According to the Complaint, no:
17. "Defendants’ train operations along its Durango-to-Silverton railroad track has previously caused wildfires requiring deployment of federal fire-fighting resources, incurring fire suppression costs. Examples of fires previously started by Defendants include: the 2012 GoblinFire (1,000 acres burned); the 2012 Needleton Fire (6 acres burned); the 2002 Schaff II Fire (550 acres burned); and the 1994 Mitchell Lakes Fire (270 acres burned)."
