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Investigation finds high water linked to fatal train derailment in Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB – A Transportation Safety Board investigation into a fatal train derailment in northern Manitoba has found the track in the area was neglected and susceptible to heavy rain and high water levels. The report released Thursday said there…
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Broken rail suspected in two fiery Saskatchewan train derailments
Guernsey, SK — The Transportation Safety Board suspects a broken rail was the cause of two fiery train derailments on the same stretch of track in rural Saskatchewan. An advisory to Transport Canada posted on the board’s website recommends improving safety standards…
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CN Rail says petroleum coke spilled into creek after freight cars derail in B.C.
Prince George, BC — Canadian National Railway says 27 cars of a freight train derailed Thursday, spilling some of its freight into a creek in northern British Columbia. Jonathan Abecassis of CN Rail says “a small amount” of petroleum coke spilled into…
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Slowdown ordered after second train carrying oil derails near Saskatchewan town
Guernsey, SK — The federal government ordered lower speed limits for all trains carrying large amounts of dangerous goods Thursday, hours after a fiery derailment in rural Saskatchewan sent thick black smoke into the air. A Canadian Pacific freight train…
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Transportation board investigation into deadly B.C. derailment enters next phase
Calgary, AB — The Transportation Safety Board says a year after a fatal train derailment near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary, it is ready to compile the information it has gathered into a report. A Vancouver-bound Canadian Pacific grain train was…
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Labour groups want independent investigation into deaths of CP Railway workers
Two labour groups are calling for an independent investigation into the deaths of three Canadian Pacific Railway employees in a British Columbia train crash almost a year ago. Conductor Dylan Paradis, engineer Andrew Dockrell and trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer died last February after…
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CP, union spar over handling of accident investigation
An investigative documentary report by CBC into the February 2019 derailment of a Canadian Pacific train that resulted in the death of three crew members has the railway and its union trading barbs over how the accident investigation is being…
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No injuries in B.C. train derailment, environmental crews assessing impacts: CN
Valemount, BC — Canadian National says crews responded to a train derailment in eastern British Columbia on Thursday. The railway company said early reports suggest 26 railcars derailed along the track in the Fraser Fort-George region about 30 kilometres east…
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Last tanker cars to be removed from site of derailment in Saskatchewan
Lanigan, SK — Canadian Pacific Railway says it expects the last of its damaged cars will be removed by the end of the week from the site of a fiery derailment in Saskatchewan. It also says in an email that…
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Derailed train in Saskatchewan released 1.5 million litres of oil: TSB
Lanigan, SK — The Transportation Safety Board says Monday’s fiery Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailment in Saskatchewan involved the estimated release of 1.5 million litres of oil. The resulting fire forced the temporary closure of Highway 16 due to…
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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…