Talk:1979 Mississauga train derailment
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Untitled 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)?
- EvocativeIntrigue 18:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- 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!
- EvocativeIntrigue 00:11, 7 May 2006 (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)