Canadian Pacific Derailment 2011

Not extremely interesting but I'm sure some rail fans will like it.
This is a CP derailment in the Black Canyon Station on the Thompson Subdivision in British Columbia. They derailed right next to CN's Coho Station on the Aschroft Sub. I'm not sure if they derailed just before the cross over to CN track or just after they finished the crossover back to CP track.

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[RexMundiUsurper]

@est86leo The easterly subdivision is nice, but going west to Saskatchewan isn't. Boring as hell and nothing to look at. I wouldn't mind running in your area. At least I'd be warm! It's been reaching -40 Celsius here and it makes me want to light myself on fire just to keep warm!

[est86leo]

@RexMundiUsurper Psssh! lol Tone #9. I bet you have some beautiful country to run on. That's all I want, I work on the Southwest Div, on the Southern Transcon; ex AT&SF, AZ, NM, TX area.

[RexMundiUsurper]

@est86leo for the most part my territory is pretty flat, but there are certain spots where the grades are a little tough to traverse. I haven't yet seen a train over 12,000 feet...and I don't suspect they'll be running the 18k footers in the winter nor anywhere but the prairies (I hope). They'll probably have two leads, with D.P. in the middle and tail end. There's going to be lots of knuckles and pissed off conductors with all the separations...lol Where do you work out of?

[est86leo]

@RexMundiUsurper 18k trains!? Two on the h/e, three on the rear? I think I'd be pushing that train and running dynamics on the h/e to keep it all bunched. Is your territory undulating (rolling) or pretty much flat? That long of a train would have no trouble coming part and I'd be one pissed Conductor lol. I've been working yard transfers on the BNSF lately so small-ish trains.

[RexMundiUsurper]

@est86leo yeah, it was a nice and quiet ride...lol, albeit pretty slow. We had 135 miles left in our trip to Winnipeg and were down 4600 horsepower leaving us with the second unit to pull a 9600 foot string of mixed liquid dangerous. I'd give anything for 1000 foot trains. Transport Canada just approved CN to make 18,000 footers. Gonna suck if I get a hot box at the tail end...lol Won't run them in winter I suspect. Won't be able to get enough air for the brakes.

[est86leo]

@RexMundiUsurper Lol, running the leader isolated makes for an even more quiet ride.  30mi reverse move?! Railroading up there sounds fun lol, I'm usually happy with 1000 ft of pigs, my boots have to last a year.

[RexMundiUsurper]

@est86leo it's too bad i didn't have my camera with me last night. Our lead unit was on fire through one of the blowers up top. Flames were coming out about 8 feet. Diesel doc just told us to reset and isolate.....lol

[RexMundiUsurper]

@est86leo lol....i was on a work train just making a reverse movement for about 30 miles. And yeah, potash trains are heavy! I'm happiest hauling 12,000 feet of pigs, or even a grain train.

[est86leo]

Those Potash trains are heaaaavy! I'm not surprised that derailment ripped up all those shorties. Where you on manned pushers or deadheading? Just wondering since you busted out the video camera lol.

[RexMundiUsurper]

@colorado1819 I'm not sure how many cars were involved, but it happened on CP's Thompson Subdivision (Black Canyon station) just west of Ashcroft, British Columbia. Not too sure what caused it neither. They may have dragged over a faulty switch, but I'm not certain.