Talk:416 Fire

I heard the fire was started by sparks from the steam engine that runs by the highway. Suggestion

Perhaps someone can find this story. I heard it was in the Durango local newspaper. What I heard from a colleague in Durango was that this newspaper interviewed someone who lives by the train tracks. This person supposedly claimed that he had personally put out 5 fires started by the passing train, using a water tank in his pickup truck, but that he was a minute too late for the last one. --AJim (talk) 02:54, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Somewhat related: The Adirondac magazine for July-August 2018 (ADK.org) has an editor's note on p3 about devastating fires (a total of over 1 million acres) in the Adirondacks in 1903 and 1908. He said one of the major causes was railroad locomotives, and one of the consequences was a nationwide requirement for spark arrestors on their smokestacks. Did that requirement somehow fail in this case? Can someone find the legislation or rules from that time? AJim (talk) 03:24, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

OK, I now have a link to an article in the Durango Herald Railroad prepared to deal with train-caused wildfires, from Saturday, June 30, 2012 5:01 PM, that details exactly how hard they work to prevent fire and exactly how difficult that appears to be. AJim (talk) 17:47, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Here is a related, current, article from the Durango Herald that shows they think the steam train was involved in the 416 fire Durango & Silverton Railroad delays resumption of coal-fired steam engines. AJim (talk) 17:55, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Here is a third Durango Herald story, this one explaining why investigations take time, despite the fact that many people think they know the cause of the fire. AJim (talk) 21:17, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Why is it called the 416 Fire?

This should be explained. Also, there's a minor update to the story (I'm sure other new sources are available.) https://www.rtands.com/railroad-news/durango-silvertons-request-to-dismiss-case-involving-416-fire-is-denied/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12403 The court refused the D&S' request to dismiss the federal suit:

... the federal government insisted a spark from the smokestack of a locomotive used by Durango & Silverton was the culprit, and is charging Durango & Silverton for all attempts to prevent the fire from spreading.

77th Trombone (talk) 15:25, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

The tenses of this article are weird

The verb tenses used here suggest the fire is still ongoing, probably due to being written as the fire was still live. Should be fixed to regularize past tense. Orangeiqdv (talk) 18:09, 27 March 2024 (UTC)