CP without power - looks like MF stranded near top!

As many of you may already know, a massive power outage has hit the north,
northeast. Reports are saying that from NYC, Toronto & Cleveland to Detroit are
without power. I have heard confirmed reports that Sandusky is also affected.

Looking at CP's live cams, there appears to be a train near the top of MF lift.
I have let the cam refresh itself for the past 15 minutes and the train is
still in the same place. The time on the webcam is also the same. I'm not sure
exactly how the image can still be showing in a park with no power but it is.

Let's hope this all ends safely!

Ken

In article <20030814171407.08669.00000509@mb-m13.>,
k9660r@ical says...

> Looking at CP's live cams, there appears to be a train near the top of MF lift.
> I have let the cam refresh itself for the past 15 minutes and the train is
> still in the same place.

An MF train was on the lift when the power went out. No big deal, the
lift and the maintenance car both are on emergency power generators. The
Sky Ride has a backup engine, and a hand crank if that fails. The escape
car on Raptor has a gas engine. Space Spiral has a manual backup to get
the cabin down. Demon Drop has a winch on top of the lift to crank the
car up to the platform at the top, which has steps to climb to ground
level. Giant Wheel has a manual procedure of releasing brakes and
turning the thing by hand, with the weight of the riders helping out.

From what I've seen/heard, no real problems at CP due to the power
failure, other than the park closing early.

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Pete Babic
CWRU