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.
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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.
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?
I hope I am making you excited about purchasing Valium for when you use the service.
@Andrae
The railheads will come. They will explain. Give it time.
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.
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.
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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