Aerial footage from KCAL-TV in Los Angeles showed paramedics treating several injured patrons and removing at least one on a stretcher. A tram at the theme park can hold more than 100 people, Abal ...

As a tramway brochure from the early days of the ride stated, “The higher you go, the better the show.” After Heron’s passing in 1999, his son, John, stepped in to run the business.

This fall after the foliage season ends, the state’s iconic Franconia Notch State Park tramway will be retired and work will ...

He also served on the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board for 14 years, beginning in 1965, according to his Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame bio. Heron was inducted in 1985.

Stewart also said public sentiment about a tram replacement is obvious. “It was loud and clear to us from the public that the tram was what was desired,” Stewart said.