Rail transportation
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Rail transportation safety investigation report
Numerous factors contributed to January 2013 crossing collision between tractor-trailer and freight train in Tilley, Alberta
Statement by Wendy A. Tadros, Chair, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, on the anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic train…
Rail transportation safety recommendation R14-02
Assessment of the response to Rail Safety Recommendation R14-02
Route planning and analysis for trains transporting dangerous goods
Rail transportation safety recommendation R14-03
Assessment of the response to Rail Safety Recommendation R14-03
Emergency response assistance plans for transporting liquid hydrocarbons
Blocked water drainage system led to April 2013 embankment collapse and derailment of a VIA Rail train near Togo, Saskatchewan
Rail transportation safety recommendation R96-05
Reassessment of the response to rail safety recommendation R96-05
Locomotive fuel tank crashworthiness
Background
On 20 November 1994, VIA Rail Canada Inc. passenger train struck a piece of rail intentionally placed on the CN track near Brighton, Ontario. A fire erupted and the trailing portion of the locomotive and two passenger cars became engulfed in flames. Forty six passengers were injured, most of them during the emergency egress from the train.