What a sweet machine! 390 AMX Javelin!
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City of Sheridan, CO Government
Thursday throwback.
It's a fitting look at this piece of Sheridan history since October is fire prevention month.
On September 6, 1985, the Alpine Lumber yard at Oxford Avenue and Santa Fe Drive caught on fire. This was a result of a collision between a semi tractor trailer driver, who later died, and a south bound Burlington Northern coal train with 114 cars.
The train jack knifed the truck and trailer rig and pushed it down the track about a quarter of a mile. The fuel tanks on the truck were split open causing the fuel to spill. The sparks coming from the breaking train ignited the fuel as the train moved down the track catching the adjacent lumber yard on fire.
Eventually 17 fire units with 60 fire fighters responded from Sheridan, Englewood, Littleton, Bancroft, Glendale, and Arvada to the fire. Sheridan fire fighters remained on the scene for two days putting out spot fires. Damage was estimated at more than $250,000.
Love it. Would love to have one of these for my off-road recovery YouTube channel dream lolMy wife and I are in France for few weeks and in the Normandy area I saw something that made me double back and take picture for you guys.
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What will you call it - Matt's Offroad Recovery?
I like the sounds of that…What will you call it - Matt's Offroad Recovery?
gilmorneau
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Those tow trucks are readily available and cheap in Europe--I just checked and there's about a half dozen of importable age in France alone right now.
City of Sheridan, CO Government
Thursday throwback.
It's a fitting look at this piece of Sheridan history since October is fire prevention month.
On September 6, 1985, the Alpine Lumber yard at Oxford Avenue and Santa Fe Drive caught on fire. This was a result of a collision between a semi tractor trailer driver, who later died, and a south bound Burlington Northern coal train with 114 cars.
The train jack knifed the truck and trailer rig and pushed it down the track about a quarter of a mile. The fuel tanks on the truck were split open causing the fuel to spill. The sparks coming from the breaking train ignited the fuel as the train moved down the track catching the adjacent lumber yard on fire.
Eventually 17 fire units with 60 fire fighters responded from Sheridan, Englewood, Littleton, Bancroft, Glendale, and Arvada to the fire. Sheridan fire fighters remained on the scene for two days putting out spot fires. Damage was estimated at more than $250,000.
I remember that all too well. At the time we lived about a mile away and my brother worked there. Very tragic.
mcgaskins
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Saw a nice SAS mini truck leaving Stevinson the other day.
SaintAgatha
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I spotted myself on Facebook. 
(I'm the black GX with the brand new bright as day headlights.)
(I'm the black GX with the brand new bright as day headlights.)
Rzeppa
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At the cafe next to my shop
That one's been tooling around Evergreen for the past week, or at least we saw it last Thursday and I don't remember what other day we drove over there. Either way, that one was tooling around.At the cafe next to my shop
Dan