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Caption: Fully loaded covered grain hoppers end up off line as the rails snapped like twigs in multiple locations. Although difficult to see, there are 5 cars involved. The (2) GP9RM lead locomotives were moved further south across Clarence Street to keep the crossing open, and GP9RM 4102 (barely visible extreme right) was brought in to clear 2 cars that were blocking the Fielden Ave Crossing. The RC 10771 was a 110 Ton unit and was one of the few such cranes stationed in Ontario. The semaphore in the background was then permanently yellow and always in the raised position shown. It was likely removed when Bridge 20 was taken down a few years later. Interestingly enough, Trillium who has operated the lines here since 1997 suffered a near identical 5 car derailment on April 3, 2018, almost exactly 24 years to the day.
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CN E077594 (E3531) (RC10771) was a Pettibone model 220 RRC (110 ton capacity), serial number unknown, built in 1987.
I last saw it at the CN Work Equipment repair facility in Transcona, MB on December 11, 2002, as seen here;
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6197
I checked out your link, great shot. AWM also captured RC10771 working a train wreck in Port Colborne in the late 70′s
The built date in my comment should read 1977 and not 1987.
Hey, that crane has a set of class lights. Nifty.
Good ole days when CN was still engaged in Niagara
I had to check out a bunch of photos. Honestly never noticed class lights on hi rail cranes before. There are pictures with them having just red and white lenses too. Can’t imagine when they would need the green lens to run in sections. Even the hi rail models for train layouts have class lights on them. Learning something new all the time. Heh heh.