20 Cars Off Track in CN Derailment

Thursday, April 05, 2007 03:18 AM

There is no environmental damage according to CN rail after a train with 4 locomotives attached , jumped the track about 90 kilometers south of Tumbler Ridge yesterday morning sending 20 coal cars off the rails .

No one was injured in the derailment.

This morning ,crews were on hand to begin the clean up operation.

CN says they do not immediately know when the line will re open.

The cause of the derailment is under investigation.

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Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 03:18 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: lmorg on April 5 2007 1:05 PM

Not again! Should never have sold BC Rail.

Posted by: giterdun on April 5 2007 1:27 PM

BCR HAD LOTS OF DERAILMENTS BACK WHEN BUT THE MEDIA WASN'T WATCHING THEM 24-7 LIKE NOW. LEAVE THEM ALONE,BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO NORTHERN B.C.

Posted by: Gofaster on April 5 2007 2:01 PM

Maybe so Giterdun but....
I don't care if it CN, BCR or who?
I wonder what it is going to take before these accidents are investigated. It appears that as long as the spokesman says " no one injured" and "no environmental damage" these acidents are being ingnored.
I would hate to think that we need a major derail on first avenue where half of our city gets poisoned before someone in government takes notice and does something.
I know that none of the MLA's or MP's care...
I have phoned them and they refuse to call me back... so much for their vote the next election.... and I will be the fisrt in line to sue their sorry butts for being neglignet should something happen and someone is hurt or even a fish...

Posted by: Foo738 on April 5 2007 6:03 PM

Also Giterdrun, all the residences along the CN track from First Ave West and past Stirling subdivision.

I wonder what City Council thinks?

Posted by: Gofaster on April 5 2007 6:06 PM

Pretty much what our MLA's and MP's do...they don't seem to be in a big hurry to "rock the boat" on the status "no on hurt", "YET", "No environmental damage" "YET!"... they might want to move their business if someone questions their lack of safety......me thinks..
am i wrong to think this? maybe? but It is scaring the hell out of me....

Posted by: Mcfly on April 7 2007 8:58 AM

Always an enviromental impact, with all derailments.
First the cars gouge out the ground.
Then the coal was spilled out onto the ground.
Then crews use large amounts of fossil fuels to get up there, and haul in clean up equipment.
Then they scrape the ground up even more with loaders etc. trying to clean it up.
maybe they miss a lump of coal.
Then the whole crew and equipment gets hauled back out, using more fuel etc.

So maybe this time it was not a spill that killed 10 million fish, and piles of livestock like say a chemical spill into the rivers, but it still has an impact.
And IMO its a lie to say the following "There is no environmental damage according to CN rail" damn rights CN there was damage.
Just not a catastrophic one "this" time.

How bad does CN have to screw up to get there asses finally dragged into court and raked over the coals? ( no pun intended)
IMO they should already be under the microscope to find out why this keeps happening so frequently.
I could possibly understand one derailment say every 20 years or so, but if i crashed cars as often as CN does trains I would have my lic. suspended a long time ago.