How many trains have derailed in Colorado this year?

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A famous hairpin turn in the track climbing out of Denver, Colorado, where frequent high winds require a parked freight train to shelter passing trains traversing this section.
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The graph above is tracking the latest derailments in Colorado live. The information from the graphic comes from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) database on past train derailments in Colorado. All reported data are accidents that have been labeled by the FRA as a derailment. As new train derailments occur in Colorado, the 2024 bar will continue to update.

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Ellen Montgomery

Director, Great Outdoors Campaign, Environment America

Ellen runs campaigns to protect America's beautiful places, from local beachfronts to remote mountain peaks. She sits on the Steering Committee of the Arctic Defense Campaign and co-coordinates the Climate Forests Campaign. Ellen previously worked as the organizing director for Environment America’s Climate Defenders campaign and managed grassroots campaign offices across the country. Ellen lives in Denver, where she likes to hike in Colorado's mountains.

Jacob Franciscus

Policy Intern