‘Lives are changed forever:’ outpouring for families of B.C. train crash victims
Posted Feb 6, 2019 10:48 am.
Last Updated Feb 6, 2019 8:01 pm.
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CALGARY — After a fatal train derailment claimed the lives of three men, CP rail is reporting that they have re-opened their mainline through Field, BC after Transport Canada conducted safety checks. According to a spokesperson for CP, crews and contractors remain at the scene working through challenging conditions to remove the damaged rail cars and equipment.
A colleague of three men killed in this week’s train derailment in the Rocky Mountains says he’s doing everything he can to help their loved ones.
Carl Schnurr, a veteran Canadian Pacific Railway engineer, has set up a GoFundMe campaign for the families of Dylan Paradis, Andrew Dockrell and Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer.
Schnurr says conductor Paradis — a father of two young girls — always had a smile on his face and never had a negative thing to say.
He says engineer Dockrell — called Doc by his colleagues — was fun to work with and gave nicknames to all of his co-workers.
Schnurr says he never met Waldenberger-Bulmer, a trainee who started working at the railway in November at the urging of his twin brother.
Jeremy Waldenberger-Bulmer, also a conductor at CP, has said he and his brother planned to work on the railroad together before retiring to play golf around the world.
Schnurr’s campaign had raised over $50,000 as of Wednesday afternoon.
“We need to take care of these families. I can’t stress that enough,” Schnurr said in an interview. “Their lives are changed forever.”
The Canadian Press
