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An 1876 Colorado ‘railroad war’ climaxed with the kidnapping of a federal judge

  • Chase Woodruff

On the morning of Aug. 15, 1876, Judge Amherst Stone left Golden on a northbound Colorado Central Railroad train to Boulder, where he was expected to formalize a ruling that would put the financially troubled railroad into receivership. He never arrived. Just north of Ralston Creek, near the site that would eventually be known as […]

Virginia

Does extreme heat cause train derailments? A Virginia railroad expert weighs in.

  • Nathaniel Cline

After a freight train derailed in Richmond earlier this month, questions have emerged about what caused the crash and whether the extreme heat played a role. Excluding the July train accident in Richmond, Virginia has recorded four derailments, all at speeds under 9 mph, since January, Federal Railroad Administration data shows. The incidents reflect the […]