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NTSB determines 2023 train derailment over I-25 near Pueblo likely caused by broken rail & failed weld

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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - On October 15, 2023, a southbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) freight train derailed 31 hopper cars loaded with coal and struck a

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Colorado Springs Gazette

Final report on fatal train derailment near Pueblo faults a bad weld

The National Transportation Safety Board posted the final summary report on Feb. 12, 2025, detailing the probable cause of the crash, and the lessons learned by the railroad company BNSF Railway that was in charge of maintaining that section of rail from the crash.

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KRDO

NTSB determines 2023 train derailment over I-25 near Pueblo likely caused by broken rail & failed weld

PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - On October 15, 2023, a southbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) freight train derailed 31 hopper cars loaded with coal and struck a

4 days ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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KXRM

NTSB releases final report on 2023 train derailment

(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its final report on the likely cause of the October 2023 train derailment that killed a truck driver and closed I-25 for several days. In October 2023, a BNSF train traveling south derailed about five miles north of Pueblo, and the derailment caused the collapse of a bridge onto the southbound lanes of I-25, killing 60-year-old Lafollette Henderson, who was trapped under …

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KOAA

NTSB releases new details in deadly train derailment near Pueblo in 2023

We now know what caused the deadly train derailment over I-25 near Pueblo in October of 2023. The NTSB released more details on the accident that killed a semi truck driver.

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