Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: September 24, 2009
• Invested on: May 06, 2011

Thomas James Dodd, M.B. (posthumous)
Medal of Bravery

On June 29, 2006, brakeman Tom Dodd lost his life trying to help two of his co-workers escape from a train that was speeding uncontrollably down a mountain track, in Lillooet, British Columbia. All three men were in the locomotive when its brakes failed as it was speeding towards a sharp curve. Mr. Dodd climbed onto the lumber car behind the engine and made his way to the wagon's manual brake. As the train rounded the curve, the lumber car broke away from the locomotive and plunged down the steep slope. The engine then derailed and went over the embankment. The engineer was the sole survivor.