Kathryn Scott, Special to The Denver Post
Riders board the 27th Annual Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days Train as it heads north on July 21, 2018 in Denver. Getting your player ready...
Investigators say the pedestrian that was struck and killed by one of Union Pacific’s historic steam trains was taking pictures of the locomotive and apparently ventured too close to the tracks.
The 21-car train, being pulled by Locomotive 844, was returning Saturday evening from a day-long trip to Cheyenne Frontier Days.
The train, called the “Denver Post Special” because the trip was sponsored by the Post, was southbound, and had just arrived at the 124th Avenue crossing near Henderson, at 7:45 pm, when the accident happened.
“We are working with local authorities to see what happened leading up to the crash,” said Union Pacific spokeswoman Kristen South.
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