Canadian Railroads > CN Camrose Sub Crane Cam

Ok, maybe not as picturesque as Dunsmuir or Truckee, but definitely out of the ordinary;)

Apparently a few days ago the roadbed at approx. mile 1.7 of the CN Camrose Sub partially washed out. A crane was brought in to assist with repairs: thing is at this location there is a rather steep ravine on both the East (pictured) side of the main and the West side of the adjacent East Edmonton siding. I guess this guy wasn't quite stabilized, and over he went. Word is the crane operator was injured but will be ok; the pizza he was having for lunch, not so much. Trivia fact: at the bottom of this ravine you can still see debris from the massive tornado that came through July 31, 1987.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/28/12 21:06 by xcnsnake.

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Well, if anybody wanted to know what the bottom of a crawler crane looks like, now you know.

I was called as a brakeman on a work train in 2005, for a wreck at Bowden when I was with CP. We took a "hospital" movement into Red Deer and returned with lite SD40's, a few hours later. During the time we were gone, a side boom CAT being used in the derailment clean-up / re-rail efforts, went over the bank, and landed on top of the local track supervisor's new Ford pick-up. Thankfully no body was hurt or in the pick up at the time.

Just goes to show, always expect the un-expected!!

Locotrol2



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/28/12 22:30 by Locotrol2.

Locotrol2 Wrote:
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> I was called as a brakeman on a work train in
> 2005, for a wreck at Bowden when I was with CP. We
> took a "hospital" movement into Red Deer and
> returned with lite SD40's, a few hours later.
> During the time we were gone, a side boom CAT
> being used in the derailment clean-up / re-rail
> efforts, went over the bank, and landed on top of
> the local track supervisor's new Ford pick-up.
> Thankfully no body was hurt or in the pick up at
> the time.
>
> Just goes to show, always expect the un-expected!!
>
>
> Locotrol2



Company pickup, I hope, not personal.

BobE

Speaking of company vehicles, theres so
many MoW dudes out there the right of way 0looks like a GM dealership lol.

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xcnsnake Wrote:
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> Speaking of company vehicles, theres so
> many MoW dudes out there the right of way 0looks
> like a GM dealership lol.
>
> Posted from iPhone

Depends where you are, lots of Dodges in BC on CP including some fancy ones for the track supervisors.

Somewhere I have a picture of a Dodge Durango with a chromed diamond plate hi-rail deck which the Bridge and Building master posed for us when it was brand new. So much bling on it, you would think he was a Fire Chief.

> Company pickup, I hope, not personal.

Was a CP truck...............