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Train derailment delays my morning commute

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Contributed by: Charmaine Robledo/YourHub.com on 12/11/2007

I knew the snow was going to be a problem on my way home last night, Dec. 10. I read news reports earlier that day announcing how continued snow storms will delay the Tuesday morning commute. I'm glad I don't have to drive to get to work and I take the light rail every day.

But, this morning as I was about to leave to head over to the Englewood station, my boyfriend Damon calls me on my cell.

"Have you left yet?" he asked me. No, I tell him, I had just put on my hat and coat.

"Well, I heard on the radio that a train got derailed." Where? I ask.

"Littleton." Wow, that station is only two stops before Englewood. I wonder if service is still going. Was the train heading north or south? I interrogate Damon for more answers.

"I don't know," he replied. "All I heard was a train was derailed. So be careful."

He was still on the highway, heading over to his work at Go Nissan. He had left almost an hour before and was still driving around. Crazy how snow paralyzes us during this time.

I drove over to the Englewood light rail station and fortunately found a parking spot. I hear over the station's intercom that trains were 10 to 20 minutes delayed because of the derailment. The announcer added that there will be no light rail service south of the Oxford station, which is right before Englewood. Again, feeling fortunate that I haven't been too affected by all this.

However, while on my way downtown, I thought of my co-worker Rebecca Zimmerman. She and I have ridden the train together home and she gets off at the last station, Littleton-Mineral. I knew this would be affecting her.

Coincidently, she and I had rode that same train to work, though I think she was in a different car. She told me how it took her two hours since she had to drive to the next operating station, Oxford. And through all the traffic jams of other commuters trying to get to the trains or just trying to drive on Santa Fe, I can't imagine being out on the roads at this time.

We made it to work at about 9:45 a.m. or so. Not too bad, just 45 minutes late. Once I got in though, I searched all the news Web sites for more details about what happened. Seems like a coal train heading south got derailed and the light rail ran into some of the coal that fell on the tracks. There were no injuries.

Rebecca mentioned the snow was supposed to stop falling at around 11 a.m. Well, it's about 11:30 and looking outside my window, all seems calm now. Let's hope our commute home is smoother.
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Articles on this morning's derailment:

Rocky Mountain News
The Denver Post
CBS4
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Read my co-worker Rebecca's blog about her morning commute.

And you can also read another blog entry I wrote about getting stuck on the train during last year's blizzard. ( link)
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Were you affected by this morning's train derailment? If so, post your experiences in the comments area below. I'd love to read your story.

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Submitted By: Rebecca Zimmerman

posted on 12/11/2007 @ 11:45:43 AM

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Awww - so sweet of you to think of me this morning. Commuting is always fun! Ha Ha!

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