Crude derailment, fire on CN

[lock4244]

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned here yet... though it is in the exact middle of nowhere. CN 704 (loaded crude) derailed and caught fire near Gogama, Ontario.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/via-trains-to-winnipeg-affected-by-cn-freight-train-derailment-in-northern-ontario-1.2240231

TSB images on scene (were top of page at posting):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tsbcanada

As an aside, the train directly behind 704 was 316, powered by CN 8102 and 8103 (1+1 bobtailed dpu), which are in the demo scheme but patched CN. A few of use were tracking 316's movement in order to shoot it on the south end of the Bala Sub (Capreol [Sudbury] to Toronto main) as it was looking to be a daylight run. Got a text message a little before four on Sunday morning advising me to sleep in as 704 derailed, caught fire, and 316 was trapped behind him. As if. At least no one was injured or killed.

[Scottl]

This is the vexxing problem of our time.  It is not news unless it affects people, and the response is proportionate to the number of people affected.  This could have just as easily been in Toronto, Montreal or Chicago.

I gather though that it is oil originating from Alberta oil sands, which is not nearly as flammable as the Bakken oil which has not been processed to remove volatiles.

BTW, that TSB flicker site is an interesting cross section of incidents.  Trains, planes and boats...

[Lenny53]

This is the vexxing problem of our time.  It is not news unless it affects people, and the response is proportionate to the number of people affected.  This could have just as easily been in Toronto, Montreal or Chicago.

I gather though that it is oil originating from Alberta oil sands, which is not nearly as flammable as the Bakken oil which has not been processed to remove volatiles.

BTW, that TSB flicker site is an interesting cross section of incidents.  Trains, planes and boats...

Correct, the crude is from Alberta.