Good to hear they survived. They must have been working on something and not been able to move the truck off the rails in time.

How fast life can change. I hope all goes okay with them.

Anytime is train time.
Someone wasn't doing their job properly I would be thinking.
All railworkers have a train schedule handy.
Especially those that are actually out there working the rails.

No train schedule is used. The foreman is responisible for the employees on the track. The train crews radio the foreman and get permission to enter his limits. So either the train went further than the limits they were authorized. The foreman lost track of his employees. Or employees thought the train had already passed or they were getting on another crossing. This is fast track for the BCR line approx 40 or 45 mph, no time to react and it looks like a loaded coal train probably in the 12,000 ton range.

The train was not loaded, nor was it a coal train. It was train 473, that runs from Prince George to Chetwynd, it is empty mixed freight. Track speed there is 40 mph.

The train was not loaded, nor was it a coal train. It was train 473, that runs from Prince George to Chetwynd, it is empty mixed freight. Track speed there is 40 mph.

Good greif!! Is there drug testing after something like this??

I would like to let everyone know that it was with great effort and skill of the 1st aid attendants, hourly, staff employees of the Canfor Polar Division this accident could have been a lot worse. We recieved a call from CN Rail at 9:00am that a truck was hit on the train tracks and they needed 1st aid for their injured people in truck. It was with in 10 minutes the men in the truck were being attended to by Canfor 1st aid people and other employees on site trying to retrieve the men from the damaged truck. The efforts of these people have not been recognized at all by anyone and they deserve this recognition as they did a courageous and professional job during this crisis situation, there was diesel and propane at the site and these guys were there without question to help the injured CN Employees in the vehicle.
Let's give recognition to the people that deserve it.

If this was a southbound train it would be train 472 and it would be loaded.
As for the question of drug tests, with CN employees are drug tested after everything.Regardless of how minor the incident.Employees are tested even though it violates company policy and canadian law.Tests are done after insignificant events even if the employee shows no signs of impairment.

No one killed, no environmental damage...
so it is okay!
Typical CN reply to these...
but not this time?
How come?
Did they mess up????
or just tired of their own lame press release?