A hellaciously loud bang that rattled windows and woke people up in the Farwell neighbourhood Monday night may have been caused when a set of eastbound units ran into the tail end of the eastbound train that was stopped at the Canadian Pacific Railway overpass over Victoria Road.
Fortunately, the cars that were derailed were empty potash cars — not propane or other hazardous material containers.
Workers laboured through the evening and for much of Monday morning to remove the cars.
A spokesman for the CPR could not be reached for comment Monday afternoon.
Here are several images of the removal operation. The Current is grateful to Ron Blais for providing a photo of a badly damaged car before it was pushed off the track.
A late night incident in which a a set of eastbound units ran into the tail end of an eastbound train at the Canadian Pacific Railway overpass near Burger Junction snarled traffic for hours on Tuesday morning. Photo courtesy of Ron BlaisA flag man controls traffic on Victoria Road. More than few large transport trucks found themselves using the Big Eddy Bridge to bypass the scene of the derailment. Two empty cars were derailed. One was badly crumpled and was overturned and pushed off the rails. The other (the one on the right) was lifted back onto the rails and taken back to the rail yard. David F. Rooney photoRon Blais (in the blue shirt) takes photos of the workers gathered near one of the derailed cars. David F. Rooney photoTraffic was slow but steady along Victoria as workers removed the derailed cars. David F. Rooney photoA wheel loader moves towards the car that was still half-on the rails. David F. Rooney photoA worker guides the wheel loader in close so he can lift back onto the rails. David F. Rooney photoCPR personnel watch the removal operation. David F. Rooney photoThe wheel loader lifts the car. David F. Rooney photoA locomotive arrives on the scene and is coupled to the car. David F. Rooney photoPasserby Cathy Burke watches as the locomotive takes one of the damaged cars back to the rail yard. David F. Rooney photo
