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Train found at bottom of Lake Superior, 106 years after derailment
'We were the first people in 106 years to see something that hasn't been seen,' Tom Crossmon says
By Gord Ellis, CBC News Posted: Aug 23, 2016 4:59 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 24, 2016 2:11 PM ET
The wheels of locomotive CPR 694 were seen for the first time in 106 years in July. Tom Crossmon used a remote operated vehicle to find the wreck in 60 metres of water in Lake Superior, near Schreiber, Ont.
The wheels of locomotive CPR 694 were seen for the first time in 106 years in July. Tom Crossmon used a remote operated vehicle to find the wreck in 60 metres of water in Lake Superior, near Schreiber, Ont. (photo credit: Pete Mesley)
This video reveals CPR 694 at the bottom of Lake Superior.
The final resting place of a freight train that derailed more than 100 years ago near Schreiber, Ont., has been discovered.
Tom Crossmon, a Minnesota-based underwater recovery expert, found CPR 694 on the bottom of Lake Superior on July 22.
The train derailed on June 9, 1910, near Mink Harbour, when it hit a boulder on the track, Crossman said. It then dropped 20 meters to Lake Superior, and descended another 60 metres to the bottom of the lake.
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