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Caption: This was such an unusual incident. I posted a photo more than 12 years ago of the train crews trying to push this boat off the track to no avail. Figured this scene needed a revisit.
Luckily for all involved; a meet was to occur here, and the northbound train was just going into the siding and as a result the southbound pictured was moving rather slowly.
In this shot the boys are talking over what to do about this situation, (note the CP truck) and it turned out that all involved could not budge this boat, so the fork lift used by the boat storage place up on the hill came to the rescue.
I was just driving along and I heard the chatter on my scanner, which resulted in me showing up here. It appeared that, rolling over a very bumpy access road, the straps on the boat gave way and it slid off the trailer. I didn't ask questions. My presence was not appreciated.
SB power in the photo consists of a pair of SD90MAC, 9147 and 9153.
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Not every day you see a near miss with a boat and a train!
Cool shot Arnold. You were in the right area at the right time for sure.
I think I found this spot on google maps and truly do not understand how they managed to do this.
By the gas station a road goes out to the waters from old Hwy 69. The access road to the Boat Storage is only doable coming from the docks and it is a very steep climb with a sharp turn when it gets level with the railroad and continues its climb up another 30 feet or so in elevation. On the final stretch it looks like the boat came loose on the turn and slid back onto the track. The climb is like a “U” with the bottom of the U being track level. A nasty little drive even without a trailer.
Just looked at the map. Railroad Lane. There is a small structure by the track and the big sliver roof building is the boat storage. The boat came loose just as it was on the last curve. It is very misleading how steep that road is. Point au Baril station was up there once upon a time, I assume.
What an odd situation, and a very lucky catch for you.