06-05-2009, 02:35 PM | #1 |
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Train Derailment near Oshawa GM Plant
I hope this doesn;t delay the shipping process, since cars are being shipped by train too.
Train Derailment Sparks Fire In Oshawa Friday June 5, 2009 CityNews.ca Staff Investigators in Oshawa are at the scene of a CP train derailment. It happened on Park Rd. South around 2pm, with several cars coming off the track. At least one is reported to have caught fire but it's not yet clear if there was anyone on board the vehicle or what it may have been carrying - although witnesses say they may contain some kind of fluid. Smoke is being reported to be billowing out, and a one kilometre-area around the afflicted train is being evacuated - including several nearby schools. But officials point out it's purely a precaution. A witness named Tara was standing on the overpass at the bridge when it happened. "[There are] about a dozen train cars that are still on the track and further down, about 12 cars down, they are definitely cars sideways across the track," she told our sister station 680News. "I can see smoke starting to billow over the top of the trees. "They just all sounded like they were all smashing into each other when the train was stopping. Like it didn't sound like a normal train stop. They were actually like, pounding into the back of each other." It's not clear what led to the accident or whether there will be any impact on GO Transit trains. http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_35124.aspx |
06-05-2009, 02:42 PM | #2 |
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It's always something!
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06-05-2009, 02:45 PM | #3 |
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Hopefully no Camaros were on THAT train!
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06-05-2009, 02:46 PM | #4 |
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I guarantee if there were camaros on that train, mine is one of em!
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That we be my luck also...... but i was told mine is being re-inspected at the plant today???
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06-05-2009, 02:57 PM | #6 |
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geez!
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06-05-2009, 03:02 PM | #8 |
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That is right next to the plant! Looks like it was just passing by.
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06-05-2009, 03:10 PM | #9 |
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That is sooo much my luck that my car is on that train and it hasn't even been built yet!
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06-05-2009, 03:12 PM | #10 |
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I hope humans were not harmed....
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06-05-2009, 03:13 PM | #11 |
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Unlikely any cars were on that train because it sounds like the train was east of the plant. Most trains head west from the plant.
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06-05-2009, 03:13 PM | #12 |
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eeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkk..... running around pulling out my hair......
Nah, my car had left London for Pontiac an hour before that happened... THAT, was close... |
06-05-2009, 03:18 PM | #13 |
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Soo.... Status Code 3999 = Car destroyed in train wreck?
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06-05-2009, 03:23 PM | #14 |
Got my two
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I just checked back with the dealer. He says my status went from 4800 to 4801 (Derailed - please wait anther 8 months) Massachusetts has a waiting period to buy a gun so I purchased rope instead. I think the ceiling beams will hold me.
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