Don't Try To Outrun The Train

I had promised to a few people that I would have pictures from Thursday's 2816 chase from Lethbridge to Calgary. I apologize for not fulfilling my promise. With thanksgiving this weekend, I was a bit occupied. Please be patient, it will come. It was an awesome chase and there's also an interesting bit to the story.

I did come across this video clip I found in Canadian Railway Observations September's newsletter issue of a semi truck getting hit by a CN intermodal train. From the article in the newsletter, the power was an SD70M-2 and an SD75I.

Sources:
Canadian Railway Observations (C.R.O.)
Web Page - www.canadianrailwayobservations.com
September 2008 Edition - PDF

Break.com
Video Clip - Semi Truck Tries To Outrun Train

Cheers,

Man + Hooch = Flying Car vs Train

On Monday October 29, 2007, some hooch filled dillweed launched his car into the air and hit a CN Train here in Calgary. I guess he was 3 sheets to the wind while flying his car at a buck 40! ($1.40 = 140 KPH). Apparently he was so supple from all the hooch that he came out of the whole incident with only minor injuries.

Here’s a link to some pictures by various photographers that I found on Railroad Picture Archives of CN 5955 that was hit by the car. I also found 5 picture on RailPictures.net. Here are the ID tags for those pictures: 172255, 154486, 147731, 90443, 30286.

Here are two newspaper clippings. The first one is from the Calgary Herald and the second is from the Calgary Sun.

Google Earth kmz file.

Cheers,