17 June 2008
Train Too Tall for Detroit Tunnel
Windsor Ontario - A CP Rail train heading through the
tunnel from Detroit suffered significant damage when the tops of containers on 24 cars slammed into the tunnel's roof.
The incident happened shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday when the train entered the tunnel, said a CP spokesman.
The "intermodal" cars are essentially rolling platforms on which containers are stacked, he said. They contained a wide
variety of manufactured goods, he said, adding the railway had no damage estimate.
Asked why officials didn't realize the containers were too high, the official replied: "That's what's being
investigated."
He said the crew were unaware of what was happening until they emerged on the Windsor side. "The locomotive engineer, he wouldn't
necessarily have seen or heard anything," he said.
The tunnel is tall enough to accommodate double-stack rail cars, he said.
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