Some Untimely Ends to a few trains in Canada

Some Untimely Ends to a
few trains in Canada

The sound file that plays on this page is from a cab mounter camera on a BNSF train that gets a block dropped in front of them when they were
supposed to go into the siding.

Stewiacke, N.S Derailment

	The following pictures are not Old Diesels but are part of the Canadian Railway picture. On Friday April 12 2001 A VIA Rail train roared off the tracks and crashed into a feed store in Stewiacke, N.S. A 13 year old teenager had been attempting to get one of the locks that secured the switch and caused the derailment. Twenty-four people were injured when 10 cars of the 14-car train jumped the tracks. Fourteen crew and 109 passengers were on board.

Wetaskiwin Derailment

	November 1968 was not a good month for Wetaskiwin Alberta. Arthur Lacoursiere, was working in a sign shop across the street on the other side of the grain elevators when this happened. He just walked over and took a few pictures on 35mm film.
This picture was taken and submitted by Arthur Lacoursiere, Leduc, Alberta

This picture was taken and submitted by Arthur Lacoursiere, Leduc, Alberta

This picture was taken and submitted by Arthur Lacoursiere, Leduc, Alberta

Bittern Lake Derailment

	Another train wreck at Bittern Lake Alberta. On the 30 June 1967, a 33 car Eastbound Canadian Pacific freight being pulled by diesel locomotive GP9 #8536, struck a tanker truck loaded with an asphalt mixture on a level crossing at Bittern Lake, Alberta. The truck driver, Gordon Manysiak, the locomotive engineer McIntosh Reid and the conductor Alex Morrison were shaken up but survived. 15 cars were derailed.
This picture was taken and submitted by Arthur Lacoursiere, Leduc, Alberta

This picture was taken and submitted by Arthur Lacoursiere, Leduc, Alberta

This picture was taken and submitted by Arthur Lacoursiere, Leduc, Alberta

CP Train Wreck at Douglas MB, Late 1960's
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB

Nobleford AB Wreck

	This pile up of Calgary-bound locomotives occured on a curve near Nobleford AB on October 24, 1990. The cause was a broken rail. http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/recommandations- recommendations/rail/1992/rec_r9222.asp
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones

This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
	Calgary Auxiliary CP Rail 200 ton crane 414480, cleaning up at the Nobleford AB derailment site in 1990. At approximately 0243 mountain daylight time on 24 October 1990, Canadian Pacific Limited (CP) train No. 990/23, travelling at a speed of 45 mph derailed four locomotives, the next 21 cars and the 23rd car at Mile 1043 of the Aldersyde Subdivision, near Nobleford, Alberta There were no injuries as a result of this occurrence. Investigation revealed that the cause of the occurrence was a break in the high rail of a three-degree curve at a pre-existing defect The 40 year old rail had been in place for 10 years after it had been in service at another location. http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/recommandations- recommendations/rail/
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
	The CP 414480 was built by the American Crane Company in 1967 (Ser L-3744) . Upon retirement, it was offered for sale in 2002 but instead donated to the Alberta 2005 Centennial Railway Museum Society in Beiseker AB, while still fully operational, along with its idler car 421626. http://www.alberta2005rail.com/
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
	CP Idler Car 421626, built in October 1949 as CP 301102. The purpose of the idler car is to carry blocking and cables for the crane and hold the crane's boom.
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
	CP 414215 combination Crane-Pile Driver, approaching the Calgary downtown core in an undated scan from a 35mm colour slide. The 30-ton crane-pile driver was built by the American Crane Company (Ser. L-3966-F) and is now off-roster
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
	Crane-Pile Driver 414215 in Sunalta, at the west end of downtown Calgary, heading back home at the end of a work assignment. To make it into a pile driver, another section is attached to the boom.
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones

	Waterford Ont, Aug 2004 Hobby Shop Sign
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB

	Waterford Ont, Aug 2004 Hobby Shop Sign
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB

Biggar, Saskatchewan Wreck

	A fine picture of VIA F40PH-2 #6447, about 2 miles west of Calgary shortly before it was wrecked at Biggar Sask in November 1997; while leading "The Canadian" #2 (eastbound) and retired in 1998. Here is a summary of the Transportation Safety Board findings: On 03 September 1997, at approximately 0150 mountain daylight time, VIA Rail Canada Inc. Train No. 2, travelling eastward at 67 mph, derailed at Mile 7.5 of the Canadian National Wainwright Subdivision, near Biggar, Saskatchewan. Thirteen of ninetee cars and the two locomotives derailed. Seventy-nine of the 198 passengers and crew on board were injured, 1 fatally and 13 seriously. Approximately 600 feet of main track was destroyed. The Board determined that the derailment immediately followed the fracture of the lead axle on the trailing locomotive. The axle fractured as a result of an overheated traction motor suspension bearing that failed due to a lack of lubrication Read more and see an official aerial view of the wreck (with the cars all numbered) at http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/1997
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones

This picture is used with the compliments of The Transportation Safety Board of Canada
	While flying as crew in a helicopter from CFB Bagotville during an afternoon of August 1981, we spotted a train wreck at Lac Bouchette; on CN Lac St-Jean Sub between Québec and Chicoutimi (Saguenay). With only 3 of us in the chopper, the pilot descended and I took the picture below, which involved 8 locomotives, which collided head-on.
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
	Here's the description of the wreck by the originator of a picture of locomotive 2535 on a flatcar in Montreal along with a few wrecked others, at http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id "2535 is 1 of 8 locos destroyed in a head-on at Lac Bouchette in the Lac st-Jean area last August. Lead unit 2511 with 3240, 2535, 4488, 3101 collided head on with lead unit 2526, 3126, 2552 3737 and 3211". We can clearly see CN 3737 and 2552. Further research (2013) did not bring up any further details on the fate of these two diesels.
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones

CP Rail Diesel locomotive accidents in Alberta, 1970's

	The caption on the back of this picture indicated that the accident took place at Bowden, Alberta and that it was a propane fire.
Massey F. Jones collection
	CP 5686 and 5558 involved in an accident. Research couldn't pinpoint where. The locomotive is still fitted with the Automatic Car Identification system (the plate bolted to the gallery about mid-way), a system which was abandoned, starting in 1976
Massey F. Jones collection
	CP 5686 off the rails. The cab striping would indicate that it was in the late 70s. All this series was scanned from a negative strip.
Massey F. Jones collection
	CP 5558 took a really good hit.
Massey F. Jones collection
	Robot 1014 was also damaged.
Massey F. Jones collection
	Another view of the Robot 1014, with a few wheels scattered around and the track now being cleaned up.
Massey F. Jones collection

Some wrecks from the Steam Era

The Quibel wreck CNR 6053 August 1954


Pictures submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada	Pictures submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada

Pictures submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada	Pictures submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada

Abenaki Head-on collision

	Abenaki (CN4014 and CN 3700) head-on collision
This pictures was submitter by Eldon Snyder of Moncton NB

This pictures was submitter by Eldon Snyder of Moncton NB
	Abenaki (CN4014 and CN 3700) wreck
This picture was submitted by Pierre Fournier

This picture was submitted by Pierre Fournier

This picture was submitted by Pierre Fournier

This picture was submitted by Pierre Fournier

This picture was submitted by Pierre Fournier

This picture was submitted by Pierre Fournier

	This head on collision happened at Dugald MB between two CN passenger trains on Sept. 1, 1947. Thirty one people lost their lives. Amazingly both engines (Mountain class) where returned to service.
The above pictures were submitter by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada

The above pictures were submitter by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
	CNR Steam Engine wreck at Oakville Ont. Oct 1955
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker

The following is a series of pictures of train derailments
in the Young Saskatchewan Area
These were submitted by Kelvin Gieselman

	CNR Train Wreck, 1931

	CNR Train Wreck, 1931

	CNR Train Wreck, 1931

	CNR Train Wreck, 1931

	CPR Train Wreck, 1928

	CPR Train Wreck, 1928

	Train derailment, Canadian Northern Cars 1920s

Train wreck near Hantsport on the DAR line.

	Hantsport Train Wreck April 5,1919

	Hantsport Train Wreck April 5,1919

	Hantsport Train Wreck April 5,1919

	Hantsport Train Wreck April 5,1919

	In September 2013a 23 car trop traincarring militia-men to Aldershot derailed. The two engine train had been traveling from Truro on the DAR line but took on a third engine at Wolfville to make the uphill grade to Kentville. When the rear engine pushed too hard the train buckled and derailed at the Kentville railyard

This series of steam engine wrecks was submitted by John Riley.
There are few details on these wrecks but they do show the extent
of the damage these wrecks caused




The Steam Engines of the CNR	The Steam Engines of the CPR


Canadian Train Stations	The Grain Elevators of Western Canada	The SCRR Garden Railway


Canadian Cabooses	Canadian Railway Artifacts	Train Bridges and Trestles


Canadian Railway Tunnels with a detailed look at the CPR Spiral Tunnels	Canadian Old Logging Equipment and Steam and Diesel Locomotives	Old Canadian Rolling Stock Passenger Cars


The Scrap Yard	The Halifax & South-Western Museum	Old Canadian Rolling Stock Freight Cars


Electric Locomotives and Street Cars	Canadian Railiners/Dayliners	Industrial and on Site Diesel Locomotives


The Newfoundland Railway		Robot Cars

Two site worth looking at.

The Memory Lane Railway Museum in Middleton, Nova Scotia.
The only exclusive Dominion Atlantic Railway museum in the world

Welcome to the DAR DPI
A web community initiative intent on digitally preserving
the history of the Dominion Atlantic Railway

Links

	Where we live and what we do

	A Nova Scotia Snow Storm Hits Summerville

	The Steam Locomotives of the CPR

	The Steam Engines of the CNR

	Railway Maintenance Equipment And Old Railway Rolling Stock

	Train Bridges and Trestles

	Canadian Railway Tunnels

	The Grain Elevators of Western Canada

	Canadian National Railways Motive Power Statistics Index

	Jerry Barnes' Garden Railway, The SCRR

	The Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society

	Historic Aircraft Pictures

	Visit John's Old Car and Truck Pictures

	The Yard Limit's page on the Windsor & Hantsport Railway (WHRC)

	CN Pensioners' Association

	The Stanley Steamer For all you steam fans, this page is a must

	Visit Lonnie Hedgepeth's of Rocky Mount, North Carolina site. He has used the plans provided on Covered Bridge Plans webpage and is building a Covered Bridge for his Live Steam train. Many new pictures have been added including pictures of his Live Steam Engine

	The building trades class at Darlington HS in Darlington, Wisconsin built this covered bridge for a local business man

	Tour the 64 remaining Covered Bridges of New Brunswick

	The Covered Bridges that once dotted Nova Scotia.

	Lilies From the Valley A Vast selection of Oriental and Asiatic previously cut commercially grown bulbs ready for shipment anywhere in Canada

	Visit my Jeep page A Picture Review of the Jeeps from 1940 to the present

	A Picture Review of the Nash, Hudson and the cars of American Motors

	A Picture Review of the Hudsons and Terraplanes that were found in Australia

	A Picture Review Studebaker

	A Picture review of the Packard

	A Picture Review of the Pickup Truck from 1940 to 1969

	A Picture review of the Volkswagen

	A Picture Tour of the Kaiser Frazer

	A Picture Tour of the Henry J

	A Picture Tour of the Crosley

	A Picture Review of the Chevrolet from 1916 tto 1970

	A Picture Review of the Ford from 1908 to 1969

	The Chrysler Airflow

	View some of John' Evan's Artwork This site has quite a collections of John's artwork. View these old cars as you haven't before.

	Eric Gordon's Kaiser Rebuild There are many pictures showing the details of this Rebuild

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