At approximately 1500 on May 30, 2007, train 436 derailed the last seven (7) cars of a fifty-three (53) car loaded, steel train at approximately mile 1.7 of the Webbwood Subdivision when pulling the train out of the passing track at Creosote. This is 1.7 miles west of Sudbury on the Webbwood Sub.

Each steel car weighs from 80 to 100 tons. The passing track is comprised of 39 foot 100 pound bolted rail.

As a daily routine, Huron Central train 912 coming from Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie, pulls their train into the passing track at Creosote, cuts it off there, then comes into Sudbury to pick up cars for their return trip to the Sault.

CP Train 436, originating at Sudbury, runs west from Sudbury to Creosote to pick up the train from the passing track then heads east through Sudbury to Romford and then south on the Parry Sound Sub.

The area of derailment is known for sun kinks as the trains are always pulling in and out of the passing track in an eastward direction. With the heat in the mid 30's here today it doesn't surprise me that this incident happened. The Company's well aware of the problems we continually have at this location. We had the Jackson tamper and regulator do repairs at the same location (second time this year) about a week before the strike. But with the steel creeping to the east end, due to the constant eastwar movements and the lack of sufficient rail anchors, its only a matter of time before the steel has nowhere else to go but sideways.

I understand that Hulcher's from Toronto are coming to clean up the mess.