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By the look of it a freight running westbound ran into a problem on the bridge over the Grand River at Cayuga. We're looking at a 622 foot bridge at mile 46.38. I have been unable to find out anything on this derailment and so throwing this shot out to RP in hopes someone can give us the information needed. Just by chance I happened upon this. Most of the cars that derailed went off on the north side so I went up the sideroad somewhere (I forget) and did a rather miserable walk over the frozen river and about 6 or 8 inches of snow.....strong wind at my back really did a number on me when I was returning to the car. At least a dozen cars piled down below the bridge. I'm assuming it was a Conrail train. Anyone know? THANKS.
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Caption: By the look of it a freight running westbound ran into a problem on the bridge over the Grand River at Cayuga. We're looking at a 622 foot bridge at mile 46.38. I have been unable to find out anything on this derailment and so throwing this shot out to RP in hopes someone can give us the information needed. Just by chance I happened upon this. Most of the cars that derailed went off on the north side so I went up the sideroad somewhere (I forget) and did a rather miserable walk over the frozen river and about 6 or 8 inches of snow.....strong wind at my back really did a number on me when I was returning to the car. At least a dozen cars piled down below the bridge. I'm assuming it was a Conrail train. Anyone know? THANKS.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2138] (more) (contact)
Date: 03/00/1978 (search)
Railway: Conrail (search)
Reporting Marks: unknown (search)
Train Symbol: unknown (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CASO (search)
City/Town: Cayuga (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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6 Comments
  1. NiagaraMike11
    January 26, 2024 at 7:27 pm

    By 1978 its Conrail!

  2. DoctaPinklaces
    January 26, 2024 at 8:24 pm

    Love the person walking their kid to see the derailment. How times have changed

  3. Jakob Mueller
    January 26, 2024 at 9:44 pm

    I knew there was another photo of this on the site somewhere, but man I could not find it with the search… I ended up having to scroll through the pages of Mr. Mooney’s photos, one at a time. Here it is, from page 79(!):
    http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=23583

    I guess C&O isn’t off the table as the operator here, but the cars in the wreck are all BN constituent roads, IC/ICG, and Soo Line, suggesting a Chicago connection which does seem more like Conrail bridge traffic. A bunch of the CASO trains ran to/from Elkhart yard in Indiana, and BN had some run-through traffic to Elkhart to bypass Chicago.

    In my feeble Google searching I did find more images of this wreck, in a gallery on another site, here:
    https://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/cayuga.htm

  4. awmooney
    January 27, 2024 at 7:23 am

    THANKS, Jakob. I kept thinking I had posted something before but it wouldn’t come up thru search. It is to the point now that I cannot recall some of what I have posted. Too many images, plus deteriorating memory cells, I guess. I really appreciate your effort in helping me out.

  5. terry.oshell
    January 27, 2024 at 6:41 pm

    Great shot. Nice capture of the Linemen belted in, most likely pulling up and securing broken line wires.

  6. Alexander Medora
    January 28, 2024 at 1:45 am

    So much wow here
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