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derailment
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‘A major challenge:’ Railway in B.C. derailment details harsh weather challenges
CALGARY – A report by the railway company involved in this week’s deadly derailment in the Rocky Mountains details how challenging it is to run trains in frigid temperatures. “Harsh winter conditions are an inescapable reality in Canada’s northern climate,”…
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TSB says derailed train began to move on its own; three crew members killed
CALGARY – Investigators say a Canadian Pacific freight train was parked and began to move on its own before it derailed and killed three crew members on the Alberta-British Columbia boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says the westbound train had…
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Tracks cleared, investigation begins, at scene of Saskatchewan train derailment
SASKATOON – Crews have now cleared all damaged cars from the scene of a train derailment that has disrupted traffic on a busy highway just north of Saskatoon. Thirty of 52 cars in the Canadian National Railway freight carrying grain…
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WorkSafeBC report cites safety failures in derailment that killed 3 workers
Decaying railroad ties and the failure of a safety mechanism to prevent a train derailment are cited in a report by British Columbia’s workers’ safety agency as factors in a crash that killed three people and injured two others. The…
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Beavers may have caused fatal train derailment in Manitoba: safety board
THOMPSON, Man. – A Transportation Safety Board investigator says beavers may have contributed to the train derailment in northern Manitoba that left one railway worker dead and another injured. The train went off the tracks on a washed-out trestle bridge…
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Fuel from derailed locomotive in Manitoba leaks into river, clean up underway
WINNIPEG – A train that derailed in northern Manitoba on Saturday that killed a railway worker is leaking diesel fuel into the Metishto River. Manitoba Sustainable Development says the fuel is from one of the locomotives. The province says spill…
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One worker dead after being trapped in derailed train in Manitoba
THOMPSON, Man. – A railway worker has died and another suffered serious injuries after rescuers spent hours trying to free them from the wreckage of a derailment in northern Manitoba. The Arctic Gateway Group, which recently purchased the Hudson Bay…
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No danger after freight train derailment near Quebec Ontario border
Quebec’s public security minister offered assurances Tuesday that nothing leaked into a nearby river after a Canadian Pacific freight train derailment just east of the Ontario border. The Quebec Environment Department says 25 of the 95 rail cars derailed near…
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Freight train derails near Quebec Ontario border
SAINT-POLYCARPE, Que. – A Canadian Pacific freight train derailed Monday night in the town of Saint-Polycarpe, Que., just east of the Ontario border. Environment Ministry spokesman Stephane Degarie says 25 of the 95 cars derailed and there was no spill…
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No injuries, no spills after train derails in Quebec’s Saguenay region
CHAMBORD, Que. – The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a train derailment that occurred about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City late Saturday night. Quebec provincial police says three cars went off the rails at about 11:20 p.m. near Chambord,…
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Train carrying crude oil derails near Red Deer airport, one car leaking
SPRINGBROOK, Alta. – A Canadian Pacific Railway train has derailed near the Red Deer, Alta., airport. Blackfalds RCMP said they responded to a report of a seven-car train derailment along Highway 2A between Springbrook and Mackenzie Road around 4:45 p.m.…
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Broken rail led to Saskatchewan potash train derailment: TSB report
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – An investigation has concluded that a split rail ultimately led to the derailment of a freight train carrying potash in southwestern Saskatchewan last fall. A Transportation Safety Board report says the crack had been there for…
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Ottawa confirms ‘substantial sum’ for financing of Lac Megantic bypass rail line
The federal government confirmed Tuesday it would play a major role in the contruction of a bypass rail line around Lac-Megantic that local residents have been seeking since the July 2013 train derailment that killed 47 people. Ottawa will contribute…