CN Derailment South of Tumbler RIdge
Thursday, August 1, 2013 @ 7:07 PM
Prince George, B.C. – CN crews are dealing with a coal car derailment about 30 miles south of Tumbler Ridge.
CN spokesperson Emily Hamer says 12 coal cars on a southbound train , left the tracks about 2:45 this afternoon and are laying on their side.
“Operations on this line are temporarily suspended while crews work to safely clear the tracks” says Hamer.
There were no injuries and no environmental damage says Hamer.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
Comments
There is always environmental damage.
They have to transport equipment to the site.. Etc..
More exhaust, more fuels used etc.
“12 coal cars …….. are laying on their side.”
What are they laying while they are lying on their sides?
A hen is laying eggs.
A hen is lying on the ground.
This has to be the most common current grammatical error made by virtually everyone.
The other one currently in the news is the pronunciation of wiener and weiner. ;-)
I would think that if the train was south bound that the coal cars were loaded with coal. If that is true, then I would also assume that coal from loaded cars would have spilled out.
As to environmental damage …. I do not know the extent that there would be such damage.
We put a heck of a lot of carbon based products on the surface of the earth. The environmental would likely be minimal as opposed to the environmental damage of coal trains passing by inhabited places every day leaving cumulative traces of coal dust behind.
Interesting that coal trains account for maybe 20% of the traffic that flows through this region.But yet they are involved in probably 95+% of the main track derailments.
Might be a good question for Transport Canada.
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