RailPictures.Net Photo: Burlington Northern Railroad GE U25C at Wiggins, Colorado by Jim Hinkhouse
 
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» Burlington Northern Railroad (more..)
» GE U25C (more..)
» Bijou Creek Bridge 
» Wiggins, Colorado, USA (more..)
» March 28, 1974
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Correction: There are apparently no NTSB/STB reports on this incident. However, on further research, this derailment was not due to flooding, but rather improper slack management by the mid-train helpers. The bridge is over Bijou Creek, just east of Wiggins and just feet south of Interstate 76. The units in the dry drink were probably U23Cs and/or U25Cs (even possibly U28Cs), and at least one of them was still in CB&Q Chinese red livery.
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