Former conductor issues warning after deadly Bowness train incident – Calgary [Video]

A former train conductor is offering his condolences to the family of a 17-year-old who died earlier this week after being hit by a train in northwest Calgary.

The Calgary Police Service said the incident happened Tuesday afternoon on a set of train tracks east of 85th Street Northwest near a bridge in the northwest community of Bowness.

The teenager, who was a student at Bowness High School, was taken to hospital in critical condition. He later died of his injuries.

Lou Schillaci, a former train conductor who spent decades on the railroads, is reminding people to stay away from railroad tracks.

He said if a conductor sees someone on the tracks, there often isn’t enough time to stop.

“A regular sized train of 90 to 120 cars, travelling at 55 miles an hour, takes over a mile to stop once they’ve put in emergency application of brakes,” he said.

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