CN CONDUCTOR IS KILLED BY CN TRAIN IN SASKATOON, CANADA

APRIL 10, 2015

SASKATOON, CANADA

A CN conductor is dead after an accident at the CN rail yards in Saskatoon.  First responders were called to the tracks by the Highway 7 overpass late Thursday evening.

The employee, who was identified as a conductor by investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, was working at the time of the accident.  A Global News viewer said there were a number of first responders along the train tracks by the Highway 7 overpass with a train idling nearby.

The 51-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries. He was taken to Royal University Hospital where he later died.

“This is a tragic occurrence and our thoughts are with the employee’s family and friends,” said CN spokesperson Patrick Waldron.

CN is not commenting further at this time.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team to investigate.

No other details have been released.

Source: globalnews.ca

 

THERE GOES OUR BREAD AGAIN: 24 GRAIN RAIL-CAR DERAILMENT IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA

APRIL 10, 2015

CALGARY, CANADA

RCMP say 24 CN Rail train cars were impacted by a derailment in southern Alberta on Friday.

The incident happened near the hamlet of Kathyrn around 10 a.m., by Highway 9 and Range Road 271.

The train cars were carrying grain and no hazardous materials of any kind.

No injuries have been reported.

Come on Canada, get your house in order.  Limit these derailments.

Source: globalnews.ca

MASSIVE FLOOD IN THE NEW YORK SUB AFTER 12-INCH WATER MAIN BREAK IN GREENWICH VILLAGE

APRIL 9, 2015

NEW YORK (WABC)

Subway service has been restored following a water main break in Greenwich Village Wednesday night.
Service on the 1 and 2 lines was back running by 5 a.m.
At 175 W. 13th Street around 7 p.m., water flooded streets and subway tunnels.

Water has been restored to one Greenwich Village neighborhood after a water main break that flooded the area, including nearby subway lines.
Officials report that water is being restored to those who spent the night without.
"You wake up in the middle of the night and you completely forget that you can't flush your toilet or wash your hands," said area resident Louie Lapore.
His apartment building and a number of businesses had the water shut off around 8 p.m. after the 12-inch main broke Wednesday night under 175 W. 13th St. on Seventh Avenue about an hour earlier.
The pipe was repaired and water restored to 25 buildings, about 875 apartments, by 8 a.m.
In the nearby 14th Street subway station, water cascaded onto the tracks bringing the 1, 2 and 3 lines to a halt for most of the night. The water at one point, riders say, was up to the platform.
"I came up through the subway last night (and) it was like torrential, like a waterfall down there so there was no doubt they were going to turn this off," said Tim Wilks, an area resident.
About 500 people had to be removed from a subway train underground, but service on the lines was running again by 5 a.m. Thursday.
Early in the morning, workers began digging a large hole around the site of the break and eventually pulled three large pieces of pipe that had cracked open.
There's no word on what might have caused the break. Con Ed was there at the time of the break, but the cause is unknown
While it was being repaired residents had to find other ways of getting ready for work.
"I went to the gym for the shower," said Ed Adishr, area resident. "My wife is going to do the same thing. She's packing up to head to the gym to shower."
The DEP continues to repave two of the three lanes of Second Avenue. West 13th Street has been reopened to traffic. Crews plan to finish up roadway restoration Thursday.

Source:7online.com

FRAC SAND TRAIN OF UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD KILLS A MAN ON A RIDING LAWN MOWER IN FALL CREEK, MICHIGAN

APRIL 10, 2015

FALL CREEK, Wis. (FALL CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE)

On April 10, 2015, at 0746AM the Fall Creek Police Department was notified of a crash involving a lawn tractor and a Union Pacific Train in the Village of Fall Creek. Upon arrival of law enforcement and emergency medical personnel, it was determined the driver of the lawn tractor had succumbed to the injuries sustained in the crash.

The investigation is ongoing and further information will be released at a later time.

The community of Fall Creek and Fall Creek Police Department would like to thank all responding agencies including Fall Creek Fire, Fall Creek Rescue, Eau Claire Fire and Rescue, Eau Claire Sheriff’s Department, Eau Claire Police Department, Eau Claire County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the Union Pacific Railroad.

It appears the driver of the lawn tractor tried to cross the tracks in front of an oncoming Union Pacific train. The name of the victim has not yet been released.

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FALL CREEK, WIS. (WEAU) -- CREWS ARE AT THE SCENE OF A DEADLY TRAIN CRASH IN FALL CREEK, WIS.

It happened near the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and County Road D.  Fall Creek police, the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Department, and the Eau Claire Police Department Crime Scene Van are all at the scene. An area can be seen taped off at the scene, but no roads are blocked.

A spokesman for Union Pacific railroad said it happened around 7:50 a.m. Friday at a private crossing in the Fall Creek area. The spokesman said the train hit a person on a riding lawn mower, and the crossing had stop signs on both sides of the track. He did not know why the crash happened. 

The train had 27 cars, and was hauling frac sand from Augusta to Milwaukee. The spokesman said it could have been going west to go back east before reaching its destination. None of the cars derailed.

Fall Creek police did not have any immediate comment, but an officer said he would get back to us.

Source: http://www.weau.com