White Pass & Yukon Derailment

[Dave Schneider]

Twenty-three injured in a derailment in Alaska on the White Pass & Yukon. This line hauls thousands of passengers per day, mostly visiting from cruise ships. Looks like none of the injuries are serious. This line has some spectacular scenery, and luckily the topography in the area of the derailment was pretty flat. It has been a pretty rainy summer in those parts, and they had some washouts early in the month.

http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/skagwaycanada-train-derails-at-least-9-injured/27119300
http://www.adn.com/article/20140724/23-reported-injured-skagway-train-derailment
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/9-injured-as-train-derails-on-historic-yukon-to-alaska-railway-1.2716668

Best wishes, Dave

[Chris333]

Photo:
http://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/read.php?1,270102,270102#msg-270102

[nkalanaga]

Ouch!  At least there were no fatalities, and apparently no serious injuries. 

Didn't they just finish rebuilding their diesels?

[Dave Schneider]

More details on this derailment. It could have been much worse as two people were ejected from the train and at least one guy ended up in a lake!
http://www.adn.com/article/20140730/railroad-says-switch-failure-caused-derailment-southeast-alaska

Best wishes, Dave

[wcfn100]

Yikes.  That looks like the observation car.  I would assume he was on the platform to be thrown from the train like that.  If that had been our train, I would've been the guy in the lake! 


Jason