Photograph - CP Bridge collapse and derailment, Wanapitei River, June 3, 2013

Photograph

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Photograph - CP Bridge collapse and derailment, Wanapitei River, June 3, 2013

Description

Digital colour photograph of the CP Bridge collapse and derailment, Wanapitei River, June 3, 2013. Photograph is looking down the river, showing a boxcar floating downstream in the background.

Context

Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) today released information from the company’s preliminary investigation relating to the Wanup, Ontario derailment Sunday June 2, 2013. Certain early media reporting about the incident is inaccurate. Following are facts revealed through initial review of the incident. At approximately 9:50 am EDT on Sunday, June 2 a northbound freight train derailed east of Sudbury near Wanup, Ontario. There were no injuries as a result of the incident. Environmental experts were immediately deployed to the site and continue working closely with community first responders. The train was travelling over a rail trestle bridge spanning the Wanapitei River at the time of the incident. The preliminary CP investigation has identified that one of the rail cars experienced a sudden and unexpected wheel bearing failure which caused the rail car to derail just prior to the bridge. The derailed car then struck the bridge causing a larger derailment and further infrastructure damage. Twenty four intermodal containers were involved in the incident, some entering the river as a result of the derailment. Four currently remain in the river. Crews are working today to recover these last containers.

Collection

Library Archive

Made/Created

Date made

Jun 2013

Place

Location

Wanup ON

Town

Coniston, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Notes

Materials: Digital file

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Digital Photographs

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

4153

Dimensions

Height

12-3/4 in

Width

17.04 cm

Location

Location

Location

Photo Archive (By Item Number)

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Date

March 10, 2022

Condition

Notes

Digital Copy Only (Matthew Gill 2015)

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 14, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

April 21, 2022