The moral to the story is, always have a magic wand and do it the way they drew it......most engineers (not the train kind) know what they are doing....
I remember watching this back in the day, my dad had this video on VHS. Not sure if we still have it. But this brings back so many memories! Thanks for uploading this!!!
@@coquitlam_railfan5686 not sure where you see this, but all the sources I’ve checked say 705 became GECX 5000 then DL 3007. 707 apparently went to Mexico. Became FNM 707, then FXE 707. The info about 706 is correct.
Operate a railroad through Canadian mountains they said. It will be fun they said :) Thanks for sharing, this was a great look at a recovery operation in difficult conditions. Very cool!
Some familiar faces there. Conductor Tom Myette had his foot broken when the slack ran in so hard the caboose door broke its latch and swung open on his foot. 2 emty chip cars popped right out of the consist 1000ft back on a curve, and the tail end ran back into the headend. Norm and Burger scrambled back up that slope in the dark and in shock. I took a number plate of the 751 and gave it to Norm.
In one of your older videos you made about the runaway train consist you said you would get some videos of it running and you haven’t posted any on RUclips at least. Could we see them run?
@@johnmcgarvie4061 Judging by the empty chip hopper visible at 5:32, my guess is they were northbound. Crew got out lucky. All things considered, there are far scarier spots to derail on that sub!
One of the most brilliant derailment clean ups ever. I’ve cleaned up over 40 in my career. This was awesome.
The moral to the story is, always have a magic wand and do it the way they drew it......most engineers (not the train kind) know what they are doing....
I remember watching this back in the day, my dad had this video on VHS. Not sure if we still have it. But this brings back so many memories! Thanks for uploading this!!!
After some research:
BCOL 705 -> DL 3007
BCOL 751 -> scrapped by ASDX in 2009-2010
BCOL 761 -> scrapped by WRIX in 2010
Actually BCOL 707 became 3007
DL 3000 was former BCOL 706
@@coquitlam_railfan5686 not sure where you see this, but all the sources I’ve checked say 705 became GECX 5000 then DL 3007. 707 apparently went to Mexico. Became FNM 707, then FXE 707. The info about 706 is correct.
awesome
Operate a railroad through Canadian mountains they said. It will be fun they said :) Thanks for sharing, this was a great look at a recovery operation in difficult conditions. Very cool!
Fantastic operation. Super video.
This was incredible footage. Thanks for sharing it.
I have this VHS tape! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Some familiar faces there. Conductor Tom Myette had his foot broken when the slack ran in so hard the caboose door broke its latch and swung open on his foot. 2 emty chip cars popped right out of the consist 1000ft back on a curve, and the tail end ran back into the headend. Norm and Burger scrambled back up that slope in the dark and in shock. I took a number plate of the 751 and gave it to Norm.
Very cool! Thank you for sharing it.
This is the "Derailment Recovery" section of an old (1986) Pentrex "BC Rail" collection of videos.
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video, Thanks Dan!
Sheesh, if they'd used the guy's magic wand on the first day, they coulda saved a lot of time!
I love this stuff!
Brian Coxford , i miss the real journalists who went to college and can pronounce words and spell them properly.......unlike nowadays
Very interesting video. Thank you. I wonder if they still use those train cranes.
In one of your older videos you made about the runaway train consist you said you would get some videos of it running and you haven’t posted any on RUclips at least. Could we see them run?
MP 63.5 is that on the Squamish sub?
Correct. Just north of Garibaldi siding.
@@CJDipper1212 tks for the reply. Good to hear that the crew escaped with minor injuries. Were they NB or SB ?
@@johnmcgarvie4061 Judging by the empty chip hopper visible at 5:32, my guess is they were northbound. Crew got out lucky. All things considered, there are far scarier spots to derail on that sub!