wopchop
Building Toronto
That doesn't sound like the case here, though. From all the articles it was only a little bit west of Cobourg.I just wanted to re-iterate the point about, despite this being the Kingston Sub, accessibility is a long way from guaranteed. I was just going through the report on the 1994 LRC fire, and the train's inaccessibility was a major point throughout.
This one sounds like a complete failure between CN and VIA Rail to coordinate and communicate properly.
Storm turns Ottawa-Toronto Via Rail trip into a winter horror show
For passengers aboard a Toronto-bound Via Rail train Saturday, their journey was more like a Nightmare Before Christmas than the magic of Polar Express.
ottawacitizen.com
"“We were watching their progress on Via’s train tracker and it was all going well until around Napanee when we could see it was slowing down and then came to a stop. Kalinowski watched the train creep into Cobourg, then it stopped completely just west of Cobourg at around 11 p.m."
"At 12:50 a.m., her parents texted to say another train was on its way to pull the stranded Train 51, but as it neared a CN freight train was stopped on the track, preventing the Via train from getting into position for a tow. Meanwhile, a crew had come to clear the fallen tree but had to stop when they reached their allowable limit of hours worked."
"Finally, at around 11 a.m. Saturday, passengers were transferred onto a second rescue train that had been dispatched and resumed their journey."