Never seen this before. At the end of the vid, she’s aground.
John,
Thanks for the link.
Excellent video.
Ralph
We rode the CTS in 2003, and they put the loco on the ground about 4 times. Finally they brought up the pineapple to bring us the rest of the way to Antonito. Turned into a 10 hour trip. I have pictures around here somewhere…
Pretty serious slipping there at 3min mark.
Did it tear up a switch when it derailed?
Excellent video ! Thanks for posting 
Bob McCown said:Bob, That's not good. I wonder if the D&S grounds now and then, and keeps it hush-hush. I wouldn't want to be on the ground on the High-Line.
We rode the CTS in 2003, and they put the loco on the ground about 4 times. Finally they brought up the pineapple to bring us the rest of the way to Antonito. Turned into a 10 hour trip. I have pictures around here somewhere...
Besides the Lobato Trestle, me thinks the C&T needs some track work.
John Bouck said:Not on the ground, but I've got a recent high line story for you.
I wonder if the D&S grounds now and then, and keeps it hush-hush. I wouldn't want to be on the ground on the High-Line.
This past summer I went with my dad and sister for some zip lining at Tall Timbers (Ah Wilderness). You take the train up and down to get there. On the way up, a bolder came down on the high line and broke a rail. The bolder did not fall until after the speeder ahead of our train passed. It was raining pretty hard. Not uncommon during the monsoon season. Very lucky our loco crew saw it and stopped before hitting it. Could have been a pretty bad situation if we hit it or ran over the broken rail.
I had my radio scanner so I knew what was going on right away. Otherwise I think I may have been more freaked out stopping on the high line with our coach right on the edge.
After some decisions were made in Durango on how best to fix the situation (great to have a radio scanner to pick up all this info) we backed up on the high line and parked at Rockwood so a few maintenance vehicles could pass us on the Rockwood passing siding to clear the bolder and replace the rail. Took about 2 hours to get everyone to the site, repair the rail, and then get back to Rockwood to clear for our train.
I have video of the reverse move on the high line and the maintenance vehicles passing at Rockwood. Probably should post it to Youtube. Not often you make a reverse move on the High-Line.
Had a great time zip lining by the way. The heavy morning rain cleared into a beautiful afternoon. And the best part was we got a lot longer of a train ride then normal. And four times along the high line (three going up…first time half way through, then the reverse move back to Rockwood, and back up again after the track repair) and then once more through on our return trip to Durango. Can’t complain when you get more train time 
Eh, flanges in the ballast no big thing, is RR equivalent of flat tire on a car.
Unless, it’s something like tankers of H2SO4 or liquefied potassium rolling down a cliff into the city reservoir, then it becomes a little more interesting.
…or five carloads of molasses tipped onto an ostrich farm.
Or a liquid CO2 tanker on it side in the middle of a major town with a huge, nationally-known amusement park… venting gaseous CO2… just a few days after the incident at Graniteville.