Show RUNAWAY FREIGHT TRAIN thirteen can make lone trip are D railed and burned thirteen freight cars and the ca boose part of colorado M train no 43 westbound ran away near arkansas junction colo and after running a distance of twenty two miles the entire train was consumed by fire which started probably pro bally in the ca boose the train left arkansas junction at 8 50 p m and when a few miles out it was brought to a standstill to enable the crew to make a few repairs on the engine which was uncoupled at the time the cars were left standing on a heavy grade on the main line without the brakes being set the en tire string of cars then started and under a rapid ly increasing inci easing momentum ran at a ter speed torn ie post eight miles west of buena vista at this point the runaway tra n became derailed and was ditched before the crew could reach the scene the train caught fire from a stove in the caboose and was to tally destroyed |