MISSISSAUGA TRAIN DERAILMENT JANUARY 2, 1990

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This is video that I shot of the January 2, 1990 Mississauga Train Derailment. A "fractured wheel" caused a 24 car derailment right at the Mississauga Road tracks --the same place as the First Mississauga Train Derailment of 1979.

This video will be interesting for police and fire department buffs. It's interesting to compare our Mississauga Emergency personnel back them (our ambulances were red) and now.

Fpr people interested in Peel Regional Police cars, you'll see what our Peelers drove in 1990.

The video also shows a 1990 edition of our local paper, THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS.

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• DERAILMENT
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• FIRE
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• FINESTKIND

[MISSISSAUGAWATCH]

Hi there MIleafsfan ,

Sure in hindsight, it was "dumb" to crawl under two derailed cars but you'd be surprised at the "dumb" things that I've had to do to follow a story as part of my own research.

You clearly thought that there was little risk. Turns out you were right. AND. You got a neat story to tell your grandkids.

[Bassotronics]

I was just wondering if the wheel sets on freight car trucks are loose. I ask because when I see an accident like this one, I usually see the wheelsets off the trucks.

[MISSISSAUGAWATCH]

Hi there Bassotronics,

Sorry, I don't know anything about wheel sets although "crazyman50001" (see above) offered comment about a fractured wheel. Every once in a while someone from the Mississauga Fire Department stumbles onto this video and comments. So maybe some Missy Firefighter who was there in January 1990 might be able to oblige.

Peace.

[Tom8201]

I remember that crash, I went near the scene of the wreck, though I didn't see any derailed cars.

[MISSISSAUGAWATCH]

Hi there Tom8201, Actually depends on when you saw it. Like I first saw it at night and wondered what all the fuss was about. Then in the morning, oh yeah, there were derailed cars all right. Zero hint at night though.

Best wishes,

The Mississauga Muse

[jeebz77]

i remever the one in 79 i was told to leave my house i stayed and watched on the tele

[MISSISSAUGAWATCH]

Hi there jeebz77. I remember the one from 79 as well. The shock from the blast cracked our window when we were living at Paisley Road at the time. Our Missy Emergency Services was some kind of wonderful. Did at great job at the 1990 one as well.

Thanks for your note,

The Mississauga Muse

[PatchesRips]

Wild. There's a very good chance that where you say "reporters" at the start of the video, that's me and my buddy. He was working for the Halton Hills Herald at the time, and he borrowed the lens from my SLR to shoot the derailment. Locked us out of his car. We had to phone his brother to come pick us up. :) That was some night.

[thatzombieplace]

and 26 days later i was born!

[judenihal]

hmm, any babies born this day?

[samnglen]

this also happend in santa fe tx a couple of weeks ago too! look it up. great video too!

[fieldsfan336]

I know that the derailment in 1979 occurred at Mavis Road between Burnhamthorpe and Dundas. There's a marker on the railway overpass bridge commemorating the event

[darkshadow01290]

Wow this happened the day i was born, interesting what u will find happened on the day you were born lol...

[MIleafsfan]

I was there as a radio reporter. I remember being one of the first on scene and having to crawl under and between two derailed cars...that was dumb I know, but I had to get to the other side of the crossing.

[4330moss]

heat began to build up in an improperly-lubricated journal bearing on one of the wheels, resulting in the condition known among train workers as a hot box. Residents living beside the tracks reported smoke and sparks coming from the car, The friction eventually burned through the axle and bearing, and as the train was passing the level crossing, one axle and pair of wheels fell completely off.Procor was found at fault!