PGTV News - CN Train Derailment - Prince George

[pCf96]

wow, i remember being in Prince George like a week after this happened, walked down to the river and the whole side of that hill was bare because it had all caught on fire, pretty crazy

[STICKGUYMB]

maaaaaaaaan, canada knows how to make one helluva bonfire.

jk (no offense to Canadians)

[theedit123]

@Nathanrailfan hate to burst your bubble but CN is much more canadian than american because

1. CN is headquartered in Montreal Quebec Canada

2. 75% or more of CN's trackage is in Canada

3. CN serves nearly every canadian province and territories, CN only serves a few american states

Therefore CN is more Canadian than American.

[Nathanrailfan]

@theedit123 I love Canada! I never have anything against Canada. My favorite Canadian roads are Ontario Northland, Ontario Southland and BC RAIL.

[bnsfmanifests]

Well, do you know what CN stands for? CRASH NATIONAL!

[stcatharinesrailfan]

@bnsfmanifests More like Crack National

[classonehogger]

awfc1--You are correct. Mr. Boychuk, the manager responsible for this derailment, now runs CN's MacMillan Yard in Toronto.

[skankyskanks69]

suck my dick prince george

[awfc1]

The manager in question was shipped out of B.C down to the U.S some ware, he is now back in Canada running C.N's big yard in Toronto....or so the story goes.

[Andys184]

look at that native gook.  Canadians n their beedy eyes :D

[jimmywrangles]

I'm guessing your mother and father are brother and sister right?

[Andys184]

nope.

[bcrailfanatic]

Bring BC Rail back. At least BC Rail didn't have this big of a problem. Also, I think BC Rail took better care than CN of that line.

[1981z28camaro]

I live in PG, but I'm curious, did the Gas tank on the Locomotive Explode, and was it a loud explosion? because I went down by the Locomotive a few days after, and the Tank looked like it exploded, and I'm curious as to how loud it was, lol

[runescape2wwelover]

If it exploded body it would have destroyed the park.

[1981z28camaro]

sweet!!! sounds like fun!, love Chaos :-)

[Andys184]

idiot you were there and saw it.

[ghcghc]

the engine thats on is,t side is a GP 9 with a slug unit.

[shadows237]

what unit is laying on its side

[sum42guy2k]

nothing is on its side, that is fuel spilling into the river

[Kronical999]

For one, Beltpacks are not used on main track, but they're used in the yard, You guys should be glad those tankers were empty, since there was no BLEVE, and it sounds like rule 104L just wasn't abided by. Yes, this is human error, but it's not CN's fault.

[sum42guy2k]

Garbage!! It was caused by CN! its just like CN saying that there was no fuel in the river!

[repelghosts]

neato!

[Mikey7889]

looks like a train went thru a volcano and the volcano erupted

[westernred]

I live a few blocks from this spot and was grieved to see the wreck and fire from another human-error on the edge of the world's biggest salmon-producing river. CN had the nerve to say there was no environmental concern related to the accident... too bad for them hundreds of citizens watched as fuel leaking from the wreck was burning on the bank and river itself.

[theimpossibledenied]

my buddy lives across the river to the right of this vid and we watched it from his roof... youre right, people fucked up and CN should have acknowledged some concern and responsibility for the environmental part of the whole thing

[sum42guy2k]

CN is a bunch of idiots, who think they are so good, well, look what happend to them! Not so good now!

[charlieb640]

What happened to them? What was not so good a year ago?

[BlindHateIsLove]

CN needs a swift kick in the ass. Man I live in PG that thing was intense I gotta say. The slug and locomotive were both like destroyed. Friggen expensive fix, and dangerous crash. Stupid.....

[conductorbill]

and CN wants ALL yard assignments to use these "beltpacks"???? think those thing's should be BANNED right now......

[TTGVP]

Word has it that Management was running the Yard Job...

[themanfromvan]

There was no "Driver". The yard engine was a remote control "beltpack engine" that was being operated by a manager due to manpower issues. I guess he did not have the proper training. This was a total disrespect to public safety and this manager should be thrown in jail.

[crazyhorne]

I heard the yard crew refused to take the train because there was not enough braking power for the amount of cars. They were remorved from service!