CN 529 Highbury lead
CN local L529 shuffles its consist around on the Highbury lead on a gloomy Wednesday afternoon. After drilling tank cars at Unilever, the crew will take their one hopper and down to CKF around the corner before tying back on to their tanks and heading back to Mac Yard via the Weston and Halton Subs.
You might notice this scene appears a bit more open...like something is missing? In the early morning hours of August 11th, a fire broke out at the Brenntag Canada chemical plant on 35 Vulcan St, churning out huge flames into the night sky, with smoke reaching all the way to the lake. The main building was totaled save for some miscellaneous storage tanks, but the environmental impact turned out far more harmful overall. It was discovered that toxic sludge had polluted the groundwater supply as well as nearby Etobicoke Creek sparking outrage from local residents.
On the railroad end, the concrete portion of the tanker bay along with the track survived, but this makes one less online customer for CN in the Toronto area, in a city that continues to deindustrialize year after year.
CN 529 Highbury lead
CN local L529 shuffles its consist around on the Highbury lead on a gloomy Wednesday afternoon. After drilling tank cars at Unilever, the crew will take their one hopper and down to CKF around the corner before tying back on to their tanks and heading back to Mac Yard via the Weston and Halton Subs.
You might notice this scene appears a bit more open...like something is missing? In the early morning hours of August 11th, a fire broke out at the Brenntag Canada chemical plant on 35 Vulcan St, churning out huge flames into the night sky, with smoke reaching all the way to the lake. The main building was totaled save for some miscellaneous storage tanks, but the environmental impact turned out far more harmful overall. It was discovered that toxic sludge had polluted the groundwater supply as well as nearby Etobicoke Creek sparking outrage from local residents.
On the railroad end, the concrete portion of the tanker bay along with the track survived, but this makes one less online customer for CN in the Toronto area, in a city that continues to deindustrialize year after year.