Monday, September 12, 2011

The great GO Train Burlington derailment of 1989 - no one injured



For the railheads. I have quite a few railheads who follow the site. Having never owned a train set as a kid, the fascination is lost on me. But I used to wonder what it would be like to be a hobo and ride in boxcars and have a dog named Hunter.
Looking for information about the 1975 GO Train and TTC fatal bus crash? Click here.

7 comments:

  1. simone bouchardSeptember 11, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    bonjour from quebec. i'm moving to richmond hill in december and will be using GO transit to get to work. i can't wait. i think you're hilarious and you're doing a good job of making me excited about using the service.
    i don't know how you mange to be so witty but i lol'd at your hobo fantasy.

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  2. Andrae GriffithSeptember 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    I came across this a few years ago, and searched quite a bit for more information before I got bored. It seems that this youtube video is the only evidence that this actually happened.

    Doesn't that seem a little strange?

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  3. C.J. SmithSeptember 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    I hope I am making you excited about purchasing Valium for when you use the service.

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  4. C.J. SmithSeptember 11, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    @Andrae
    The railheads will come. They will explain. Give it time.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2011 at 11:31 PM

    This derailment happened near or around Burloak Dr, someone stole a truck and left it on the tracks at a rural grade crossing in front of the approaching GO train.

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  6. Dan-1September 12, 2011 at 1:05 AM

    Andrae, nope. Empty train, no passengers, no fatalities, and a time when the media didn't jump at every cat stuck in a tree. I'm sure not many know of an even more horrifying incident in the 70's when a GO train demolished a TTC bus stuck on a crossing, killing a number of passengers.

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  7. C.J. SmithSeptember 12, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    The railheads never disappoint.
    Info about the 1975 crash is online.
    http://www.thiscrazytrain.com/2011/09/rail-heads-never-disappoint-1975-go.html

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