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Evacuation ends and rail line reopens after Alberta train derailment
Irvine, AB — Residents of a southern Alberta hamlet are back in their homes after an evacuation that followed a train derailment and chemical spill. Cypress County posted on its website Saturday that the spill, which Canadian Pacific Railway says…
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CN, CP Rail appealing minister’s order for use of handbrakes on stopped trains
Calgary, AB — Canada’s two largest railways are appealing Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s order requiring railways to immediately use handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment in the Rocky Mountains. Canadian Pacific Railway’s chief executive…
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Railway accidents increased seven per cent in 2018 but fatalities fell: TSB report
Ottawa, ON — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the number of railway accidents increased by seven per cent last year including those involving dangerous goods, but there were fewer fatalities. There were 1,170 accidents, up from 1,091 in…
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With more oil to be shipped by rail, train derailments show enduring safety gaps
The recent runaway CP Rail train in the Rocky Mountains near Field, B.C., highlighted ongoing gaps in Canada’s railway safety regime, more than five years after the Lac-Megantic rail disaster that killed 47 residents of the small Quebec town. The…
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TSB says improved tankers involved in Manitoba derailment that spilled crude
St. Lazare, MB — Federal investigators say CN railcars that spilled crude after derailing on farm land in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers. The Transportation Safety Board says 37 of 110 cars went off the tracks early Saturday near St.…
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Officials still working out how much oil leaked from derailment in Manitoba
St-Lazare, MB — Canadian National Railway says it doesn’t yet know how much oil leaked from a derailment in western Manitoba, but it says trains are now running on the line again. The railway said Saturday there was “a partial…
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Transport minister orders trains to use handbrakes after deadly derailment
Calgary, AB — Canada’s transport minister has ordered the use of handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment earlier this week in the Rocky Mountains. Marc Garneau said in a statement late Friday that the…
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‘A major challenge:’ Railway in B.C. derailment details harsh weather challenges
Calgary, AB — 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…
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‘Not anything the crew did:’ TSB says fatal train derailment started on its own
Calgary, AB — A Canadian Pacific freight train parked on a frigid night in the Rocky Mountains began to move on its own before a derailment that killed three workers and sent 99 grain cars and two locomotives hurling off…
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CP Rail confirms 3 crew members die in B.C. grain car derailment
Field, BC – Three crew members of a Canadian Pacific freight train have died in a derailment near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary. A spokeswoman with the railway said the crew members died when the westbound freight jumped the tracks at…
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TSB urges better communication after Saskatchewan Via train derailment
Hudson Bay, SK — The Transportation Safety Board is urging authorities to communicate better after a Via Rail train derailment in eastern Saskatchewan last summer. Two crew members sustained minor injuries in the crash, which happened early on July 5…
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Fire and potential diesel leak as grain train derails just outside Saskatoon
Saskatoon, SK — A CN freight train carrying grain has derailed at a rail crossing just north of Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Fire Department says the derailment happened at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when 30 out of the 52 rail cars left the tracks near…