DURANGO, Colo.—A Silverton man survived a fall from a cliff after he was rescued by a crew from a historic steam train in the southwest Colorado mountains.
Jerry Lyle was in serious condition Tuesday at Mercy Regional Medical Center.
The Durango Herald reports () the man was found a mile south of Silverton along the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad on Monday.
Railroad Vice President Paul Schrank says the crew of a 137-year-old steam locomotive found the man shortly after 10 a.m. The locomotive was southbound from Silverton to Durango.
The railroad sent a motorized railcar and an emergency medical technician to return the man to Silverton. The hospital did not return calls Wednesday about Lyle’s condition.
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Information from: Durango Herald,
