Cumbres Toltec

[Rocky Mountian]

New mexico and colorado Cumbres Toltec lost a trestle bridge today. they think it might have been fire works.:mad:
They still have to look it over and see what damage has been done but for right now it's closed. It is going to run from Antonito to Osier CO till they can rebuild it.
I hate fire works in the wrong hands. I rather go see a good show than light them in the hood plus my doggie freeks.:thumbsdown:

[tjcruiser]

Bummer ... stupid kids (perhaps).

[Rocky Mountian]

They are saying now they don't know what caused it but for Chama NM its not good they make most there money during the summer of the train and bummer is right on!

[big ed]

Bummer ... stupid kids (perhaps).

Sure blame the kids!:eek:
Might have been some irresponsible adults.

I used to shoot fireworks for Garden State Fireworks (World Champions) with my brother. We did the big shows the towns put off for the 4th.

The fuses on some were about 12" long with the first 3" of it taking, say 6 seconds to burn so as to get the bomb up in the air to explode. The remaining 9" taking less then a fraction of a second to burn.

At one show (we didn't shoot) a report went up and the 3" part of the fuse burned down to the 9" part and fizzled out the report dropped into the woods.

( A report is the boom, boom, boom you hear in the shows they have no color just the sound.)

Well some guy saw where it went down and picked it up. Seeing the 9" fuse he thought he would have enough time to light it with his cigar and throw it up into the air.

In a milla second the bomb went off in his hand and blew off all his fingers, messed up his arm and face and did permanent hearing damage.! DUH!:rolleyes:

Yes, Please leave the fireworks for the pro's to shoot off.

Besides bombs going of prematurely and us hitting the ground, we never had any problems. The reason they went off near the ground is because we sometimes used a heavy cardboard tube to shoot them out of and the bottom of the tube would sometimes blow out eliminating the lift to get it up.
We all most all ways used heavy metal tube castings to fire the bombs. These were set up by digging out a hole and setting them in the ground. Where we couldn't dig ya had to use the tubes. If you got new cardboard tubes you could trust them for a show, but if they were used in other shows they were weakened some.

The imported Jap bombs were pretty reliable but the Chinese bombs sucked you couldn't trust them.

Garden State all most all ways used their own Home made bombs.

They used to do the Disney shows, I don't know if they still do but for years they did. If you saw one years ago it was Garden State Fireworks shooting it.

They only causality we had was by a drunk 52 year old who threw a M80 into the bleachers where people were sitting and a lady got burned. M80's were considered to be the equivalent of a 1/4 stick of dynamite. But actually they are not.
Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite. Dynamite contains a stable nitroglycerin based high explosive, whereas M-80s or any other kind of firecracker contains a low explosive powder, like flash powder or black powder. But it's still enough explosive to do damage if it lands on you.:rolleyes:

A few bombs getting made for a show. These were not the biggest ones.

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Maybe You've seen some of their shows a list of a few of them,
Washington DC July Fourth Celebration
Macy’s New York July Fourth Celebration on the Hudson
Statue of Liberty Bicentennial Celebration
XV Olympic Winter Games, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Goodwill Games, St. Petersburg, Russia
John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA
Walt Disney World
“Kaboom” Fireworks on the Navesink
Trump National Golf Course Grand Opening, NJ
Hilton Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, NJ
Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY
Peekskill Celebration, Peekskill, NY
Target Stores Grand Opening Celebration
Universal Studios, Florida
Sea World, Florida
Six Flags Amusement Parks
New Jersey Devils Hockey
US Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Nassau Bahamas Quincentennial
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Salve Regina University 60th Anniversary Celebration, RI For TJ:D
State of Vermont Bicentennial Celebration
Killington Ski Resort, Vermont
Jay Peak Ski Resort, Vermont
Winter Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Inn at the Mountain of the Gods Resort, NM
New York International Festival of the Arts
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, NY
New Year’s Eve, Central Park, New York
Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
South Street Seaport, New York Harbor
Ronald McDonald House, Long Island, NY
Ski Windham, New York
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
New Jersey State Fair
New Jersey State Aquarium
Visiting Nurse Association
New Jersey Symphony
New Jersey Pops
Raceway Park, NJ
Newark Bears Baseball, Newark, New Jersey
Brooklyn Cyclones Baseball Club, NY
New Jersey Cardinals Baseball, Augusta, New Jersey
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Resorts & Great Hotels Private Meetings Summit,
The Greenbrier Hotel, Greenbrier, West Virginia
Stone Pony, Asbury Park, New Jersey
Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, Delaware
New year’s Eve at the National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD
Wachovia Corporation, Charlotte, NC
Celebrations, Florida
Tupperware International Headquarters, Florida


Garden State Pyro


Garden State Pyro is a subsidiary of Garden State Fireworks which was established in 1890. Garden State Pyro was created in order to meet the growing demands of the industry and their clients. With over one hundred years of manufacturing knowledge, they devised a satellite company to concentrate on manufacturing close proximity and indoor pyrotechnic effects.

A few of Pyro's shows,

* NJ Devils Playoffs
* NJ Devils Stanley Cup Finals
* Disney on Ice
* Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus
* NFL Playoffs
* Rutgers Football Games
* Chuck Barry
* Woodstock
* Charlie Daniels Band - Salute to all Veterans
* Farm Aid
* Joan Jet & the Blackhearts
* Rolling Stones
* Hall & Oates
* Bon Jovi
* Journey
* Genesis
* Blondie
* George Thorogood
* KA Dance Group
* Boston Pops
* Orlando Special Effects
* Disney Productions






So stop blaming the kids!:D

Edit,
And if it does turn out to be a kid, I still say he's one of a small number.
Everyone does some stupid stuff when their young, but the majority of the kids today are OK and know right from wrong. At least the ones I know.

I don't see how a firework landing on the bridge would burn it down, not to say it couldn't happen.

Most likely some fruitcake used an acceleration and torched it.
Though I don't know the bridge your talking about.

A link for it would be nice.:D:rolleyes: