Sanders County derailment spurs memories of 1999 'Silver Bullet Derby'
An image published in the July 14, 1999, Clark Fork Valley Press shows Coors Light beer scooped up following a train derailment into the Clark Fork River near Plains.
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Sunday’s Montana Rail Link derailment along the Clark Fork River near Paradise brought back memories for some Sanders County locals who recalled a similar incident more than two decades ago.
In July 1999, a Montana Rail Link freight train derailed between Paradise and Plains, spilling hot liquid asphalt, corn syrup and an estimate 8,000 12-packs of Coors Light beer into the Clark Fork River — the latter setting off the so-called “Silver Bullet Derby...
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