Freight train turned back at Rankin (25 photos)

Freight train turned back at Rankin (25 photos)

Around 9:45 a.m. today, a short Huron Central train consisting of an engine and four cars turned back after encountering a rail blockade on the Batchewana First Nation's Rankin Reserve. The train arrived at about 9:15 a.m.

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Around 9:45 a.m. today, a short Huron Central train consisting of an engine and four cars turned back after encountering a rail blockade on the Batchewana First Nation's Rankin Reserve.

The train arrived at about 9:15 a.m.

By that time, about 50 Batchewana First Nation citizens had swarmed onto the tracks that Huron Central leases from Canadian Pacific Rail, many using a bridge constructed across a ditch from the driveway leading to the band office.

Also on the tracks this morning are a teepee, chairs, a drum and sacred singers.

Batchewana First Nation Chief Dean Sayers tells SooToday.com that the blockade will continue indefinitely.

A train operator who did not wish to be identified told us that Huron Central will not send further trains down the tracks today.