Rail transportation

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Rail transportation safety investigation report

Rail transportation safety investigation R22T0045

The occurrence

A cut of 103 rail cars rolled eastward, uncontrolled at the Canadian Pacific Railway Company Agincourt Yard. The cut of cars stopped when 7 cars derailed at a derail with at least 1 car blocking the main track at Mile 196 of the Belleville Subdivision. Of the cars that derailed, 2 were tank cars with dangerous goods residue and 2 carried sulfuric acid. No collision occurred, and there were no injuries or leaks.


Rail transportation safety investigation R23E0079

The occurrence

On , a Canadian National Railway Company (CN) freight train was travelling westward on the Wainwright Subdivision when it passed a stop signal and sideswiped a westbound CN freight train that was departing the yard west of Wainwright, Alberta. As a result, two locomotives and three loaded intermodal cars on the first train derailed, while six loaded hopper cars on the second train derailed.