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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…
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CP Rail says freight train derailed near Field, B.C., no injuries
Field, BC — Clean-up work is under way at the scene of a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailment just east of Field, B.C., near the Alberta boundary. CP Rail says in a statement that there were no injuries when 16…
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6 die in Denmark’s worst train accident since 1987
Copenhagen, Denmark — Six passengers were killed when a Danish train crossed a bridge that had been closed to cars because of high wind Wednesday, and authorities investigated if falling cargo from a passing freight train caused Denmark’s deadliest railway…
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Rail cars fall from Georgia overpass; no injuries reported
Byromville, GA — Rail cars tumbled from an overpass onto a Georgia highway on Saturday, causing an evacuation and traffic headaches in a small town but resulting in no injuries. CSX Railroad said 30 cars derailed. That included some that…
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One worker dead after being trapped in derailed train in Manitoba
Thompson, MB. — 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…