Talk:1979 Mississauga train derailment
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[edit]Please help reorganize the information and check it for accuracy.--Sonjaaa 18:04, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for making this article good!!--Sonjaaa 13:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
By the way, what's a "trainman" ?--Sonjaaa 13:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Formatting Attempt (#1)
[edit]I made a few small changes and split the article into sections under headers (as requested), but I still feel there's a lot of information missing at this point.
EvocativeIntrigue 18:13, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Clarification needed
[edit]I think some clarification is need in the first sentence under teh section "Aftermath":
- At 11:53 p.m. at the Mavis Road crossing, the undercarriage separated from the track, causing the train and numerous cars to collide. Some propane cars burst into flames.
- Were the "cars" on the road at the crossing or train cars (carriages)?
- Cars, I'm fairly certain. I changed it to "automobiles" - I don't like the word, so if anyone's got a better way of making it unambiguous, please go ahead. --Sam Blanning(talk) 19:02, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- Based on reading the referenced article, I'm pretty confident that this refers to train cars, not automobiles. I changed it to "tanker cars filled with propane".
- I'll have a think about that and if I come up with something I'll attempt to rework it: automobile covers it for now, though!
- There were no vehicles involved. The Article is meaning Rail cars. This clarification is OR though. I was there. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 22:06, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
It wasn't a fireball it was a UFO
[edit]It was a ball of light in the sky that didn't move one bit. I watched it for over an hour till I was too tired to stay awake any longer. We woke up to loudspeakers on Sunday saying "YOU MUST EVACUATE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luckycharms1070 (talk • contribs) 03:42, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Title
[edit]Is the year necessary in the article title? Are there any other derailments in Mississauga that we have articles about, or might be writing articles about? Daniel Case (talk) 04:32, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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