[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1q9eBaWY3k[/youtube]
I think they need a few pairs of fresh underwear delivered to the scene!
And how did the passengers in the first car feel, looking out the window and seeing their engineer on the ground?
Fortunately, there were a couple of people thinking there, to avoid it…
Luckily the freight train engineer threw it into reverse asap, once the passenger train dropped into emergency there was nothing else for the engineer to do, so jumping would have been the right thing to do, despite however bad it may look. Question is who had the right of way and who got into the mainline without permission. The freight is only two cars long and looks like a MOW train or local service, he’s probably at fault for being on the main without permission or didn’t have time to switch onto the passing siding in time.
First of all…truth is, that the Via Rail train was not a commuter run…it was a regular intercity passenger train, in Eastern Canada.
Second; this happened many years ago, as those LRC passenger locomotives have been out of service for well over 15 years. I think two of them are preserved, one at Rail Expo in Montreal and the other in Toronto. The one in Toronto is privately owned, and is still being stored at the Via Toronto Maintenance Centre. They have been working on it and finally managed to fire up the old Alco motor, not long ago. There is little hope that it will haul a train again, but it will probably end up at the small Museum, just under the CN Tower, in Toronto.
The Museum is worth a visit. There is also a small brewery in the same building, which produces “Steam Whistle Lager bheer”…not a bad bheer…they give free samples and also offer tours of the brewery…for a slight charge.
Thanks Fred. You never know what old news will show up on Youtube pretending to be fresh.
I had some of the Steam Whistle Lager last time I was up to see you - enjoyed it. Still have the bottle!
Fred Mills, BSc, BS, SD said:
Second; this happened many years ago, as those LRC passenger locomotives have been out of service for well over 15 years. I think two of them are preserved, one at Rail Expo in Montreal and the other in Toronto. The one in Toronto is privately owned, and is still being stored at the Via Toronto Maintenance Centre. They have been working on it and finally managed to fire up the old Alco motor, not long ago. There is little hope that it will haul a train again, but it will probably end up at the small Museum, just under the CN Tower, in Toronto.
Fred,
If you had watched this video on youtube, it was stated that this happened a long time ago…
"February 6th 1991 - VIA #41 for Toronto rounded a curve at 93 mph (posted limit 95 mph) about a mile east of the interchange at Smiths Falls East (Ont), on the CN Smith Falls Sub, with a CP Camspur/Petawawa local working too far out on CN track they didn’t have a clearance for. "