BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted August 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 23 hours ago, Gsgeek540 said: 4 car 5, 6, 7 propulsion fault. A short turn gone incredibly wrong. What did you do this time! LOL! J/K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 CTrain shuttles this weekend between Somerset and Anderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyC62 Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 There was some "mechanical" issue in the northwest Sunday late afternoon that paused train service between Crowfoot and University. Shuttle buses were supposedly put into place, and the disruption lasted only an hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvarushin Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 CTrain derailment outbound near Tuscany station just now. Apperantly, a power line fell (according to CTV news). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 This is big. Series 8. All 3 cars off the track past Tuscany. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvarushin Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 EB & WB Crowchild Trail is closed to traffic between 12 Mile Coulee Road and Stoney Trail NW. Train service is not impacted. Info from: http://globalnews.ca/news/2951113/calgary-ctrain-train-derailed-at-tuscany-lrt-station/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thager Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Looks like it went reverse off the tail track . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 56 minutes ago, yvarushin said: Apperantly, a power line fell (according to CTV news). Not the cause, just a consequence. The power line that fell would be a result of the train hitting the catenary pole at the end of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thager Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 From the Calgary sun Facebook page A train derailment at the Tuscany LRT station is disrupting nearby traffic, as emergency crews respond to the scene. Police say it appears a northbound train overshot the end of the track and derailed. Calgary radio station CHQR says witnesses report the train appeared to be going fast when it hit a barrier at the end of the rails, causing two to three cars to jump the tracks. There were only two passengers, plus the driver aboard the CTrain when it went off the tracks, according to police. They have all been removed from the train cars and the driver was being assessed by EMS. Police said via Twitter Crowchild Trail has been shut down from 12 Mile Coulee Rd. to Stoney Tr. N.W. in both directions. Calgary Transit, meanwhile, has said via social media that its service has not been disrupted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 http://globalnews.ca/news/2951113/calgary-ctrain-train-derailed-at-tuscany-lrt-station/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 I'm just sick to my stomach about this right now. Seen a better view of the incident. 2 cars off the rails trailing car on rails 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Hope the operator's ok. Looks like a fair amount of damage to the cab area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thager Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 I feel for the train operator, that would have been a scary ride . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Within that last link posted is Ron Collins speaking. Anyone interested, i reccommend to watch. He gives an incredibly generous amount of information in his interview about this incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit Fan Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 That's terrible, hopefully the operator is ok. Luckily, there were only two passengers. I'm guessing there was another train at the station on the south side otherwise there could've been alot more people on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianTransitTycoon Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Hope the driver recovers and other passengers are okay. Any idea on what CT will do to the 2 cars damaged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Just now, CanadianTransitTycoon said: Any idea on what CT will do to the 2 cars damaged? Wayyyyyyyyyyyy too early to even think about. They haven't even moved an inch since the incident. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 It will be interesting to see how they will move them. Probably tonight...crane....tractor trailer? My guess 2311 might go offsite for repair's if not maybe even scrapped... Not sure what they did with this Salt Lake citys S70. It suffered a similar fate as 2311 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Reports say car 2311 DONE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvarushin Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 15 minutes ago, LRT said: Reports say car 2311 DONE! That's sad to hear... can't imagine the costs that associate with that. Power between Crowfoot and Tuscany stations is getting shutting down. Shuttle service will be implemented between the two stations. http://newsroom.calgary.ca/northwest-ctrain-derailment---update-1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Car 2310 is the middle car in the consist and 2329 is the one that did not leave the rails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Hope a quick recovery to the people involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 2 hours ago, LRT said: Reports say car 2311 DONE! I'd think it's a bit early to make that call. It's still half buried in the ballast still. Once they get it back on the rails and can inspect they might find it's repairable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 There was just another media update with Russell Davies, acting director of CT. The train stopped at Tuscany station, performed its normal duties of offloading passengers, and then, for reasons unknown, proceeded further west at full speed, hitting the fence at over 60km/h Catenary pole and tensioning weights for the catenary were struck and came through the windshield, but fortunately "just missed" the operator Operator is in hospital, haven't been able to speak to her yet, had to be cut from the wreckage. "No reason to believe it's a medical issue". Senior operator, "pretty experienced". No reason to believe there was any weird operation from the train, going to pull train recorder data from all three cars to make sure "The first car [2311] looks like it's a write off, significant damage on the underside and to all major systems and wiring". Full extent of the damage to the centre (2310) and trailing cars (2329) isn't known yet, but second car also sustained "significant damage", third car is believed to be okay but still investigating A crane is coming from Leduc and should be arriving between 3 and 4 pm, train is being cut in half to be removed from the site 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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