This incident happened in the Oshawa CP Rail yard which ships out the GM vehicles.
One of the car men who attaches and detaches the car haulers, accidentally unhooked a set of train cars without having the brakes applied.
The Oshawa rail yard has a slight incline to it, so when the set of cars was unhooked from the engine it started to roll down the hill, it smashed through the stop block and then through the fence and continue into the parking lot where GM stores the new vehicles.
Over 300 vehicles were damaged.
HMMM thanks KEVIN!!!! EVER WONDER ABOUT THE SQUEEK OR RATTLE IN YOUR NEW TRUCK???? LOL
-- Edited by 427carl on Thursday 21st of January 2010 08:45:05 PM
I remember goingto Dom's wrecking yard (Courtice) near Oshawa about 1980 to get some parts for my Monza. Similar thing must have happened, they said these cars fell off the train. Anyway they were all brand new GM's with window stickers and all in the yard, at least 50 of them.
