Caption: “A long forgotten, lonely cairn of stones” - Lyrics from Stan Rogers’ song “Northwest Passage” came to mind while awaiting the arrival of VIA’s Canadian at Dalehurst, Alberta. You may recognize the name, as the location of the 1986 Hinton disaster, where the eastbound Super Continental, collided head-on with CN 413, on the single track just west of Dalehurst. 23 people died and 71 were injured in the incident, likely caused by medical distress and crew fatigue. This led to major changes to the Canadian railway industry with new rest rules for trains crews and reset safety controls being mandated on locomotives. 39 years later, nature has reclaimed the derailment site, with no visible scars on the land; the only reminder is a small trackside monument, visible to the left of the conductor of CN G 87541 12. With no public access, a long forgotten, lonely cairn of stones is all that remains to commemorate the tragedy that occurred nearly two decades ago in the foothills of Alberta.