On February 8, 1986, in what is now part of Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada, 23 people were killed in a collision between a Canadian National Railway freight train and a Via Rail passenger train called the Super Continental, including the engine crews of both trains.

CN 47: 4-6-4T, Montreal 09/1914 as GT #1542, to CN #47 in 1923: 4-6-4 54896: 153: 56941: CN 49: Model: MLW 4-6-4T: 4-6-4 54898: 8: 124669: CN 50: Model: MLW 4-6-4T: 4-6-4 54899: 2: 244314: CN 74 : 80Tonner 28688: 3: 135802: CN 77: Model: CLC Diesel: CLC Diesel 1861: 5: 124675: CN 80: 1910, nee GTR 1000, ex-CN 902, scrapped 8/1957: 2-6-0 913: 7: ...

Jan 9, 2024 · The second unit on train 413 (CN 5104) had an alerter, but as it was a spartan cab SD40 it was marshalled in a trailing position and a safety cab GP38-2W (CN 5586) was made the leader. The documentary gets the basic facts of the crash right. The freight crew ran a red light, most likely due to fatigue and/or the engineer’s poor health.

Apr 3, 2025 · On February 08th, 1986, it was the lead unit of eastbound VIA RAIL # 4, when it collided with a westbound CN RAIL freight, 11 miles east of Hinton, Alberta. In total, 23 people lost their lives, including 16 passengers and 7 CN employees.

Feb 5, 2025 · Twenty-three people were killed in a head-on collision between a Canadian National Railway (CN) freight train and a VIA Rail passenger train near Hinton, Alberta. Photo by Postmedia archives ...

Here CN GP38-2W 5571, L&N GP38-2 4058, CN GP38-2W 5586 and CN GP38-2 5517 were on a westbound (timetable south) extra at the Read Blvd. grade crossing in eastern New Orleans, as the train neared its destination at Gentilly Yard.

Mar 3, 2012 · The Hinton train collision occurred at 8:40 am on February 8, 1986. Twenty-three people died and 95 others sustained injuries in a collision between a Canadian National (CN) freight train and a VIA Rail Canada passenger train near Hinton, Alberta.

Twenty three people were killed and 95 injured when a westbound freight train collided head on with the eastbound Via "Super Continental". This included the head end crews of the freight and passenger trains, plus most of the passengers in the leading coach of the passenger train.

Here CN GP38-2W 5571, L&N GP38-2 4058, CN GP38-2W 5586 and CN GP38-2 5517 were on a westbound (timetable south) extra at the Read Blvd. grade crossing in eastern New Orleans, as the train neared its destination at Gentilly Yard.

Canadian National Railway (CNR) is the only transcontinental railway in North America. It also operates through the American Midwest through the Grand Trunk Western Railroad and the acquisition of the Illinois Central Railroad, and the Wisconsin Central Railroad. Units coupled to 7200-series GP9RM's.