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Please help reorganize the information and check it for accuracy.--Sonjaaa 18:04, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for making this article good!!--Sonjaaa 13:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, what's a "trainman" ?--Sonjaaa 13:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting Attempt (#1)

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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)[reply]

Clarification needed

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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)?
EvocativeIntrigue 18:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
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!
EvocativeIntrigue 00:11, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't a fireball it was a UFO

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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 (talkcontribs) 03:42, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Title

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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)[reply]