Source: Matt Young, saskatoon.ctvnews.ca, April 21, 2020 The Guernsey derailments may have been caused by suspected broken rails or other track issues. SASKATOON — A broken rail may have led to a pair of train derailments in Guernsey according to letters to Transport Canada from the Transportation Safety Board. The first train derailment happened near… Continue reading Sask. train derailment may have been caused by faulty tracks
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‘A major challenge:’ Railway in B.C. derailment details harsh weather challenges
Source: Lauren Krugal, The Canadian Press, February 8, 2019 CALGARY — 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 climate,” says a document titled White Paper:… Continue reading ‘A major challenge:’ Railway in B.C. derailment details harsh weather challenges
‘Not anything the crew did’: TSB says fatal train derailment started on its own
Source: Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press, February 5, 2019 CALGARY — 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 the track. The Transportation Safety Board says… Continue reading ‘Not anything the crew did’: TSB says fatal train derailment started on its own
CP Rail identifies three crew members killed in B.C. grain car derailment
Source: The Canadian Press, February 4, 2019 FIELD, B.C. — A Canadian Pacific freight train fell more than 60 metres from a bridge near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary in a derailment that killed three crew members, a union representative said Monday. The westbound freight jumped the tracks at about 1 a.m. near Field, B.C. Greg Edwards… Continue reading CP Rail identifies three crew members killed in B.C. grain car derailment
Sask. mayor says derailment near village was second in same spot in five years
Source: CBC News, September 26, 2018 No injuries after about 40 cars carrying grain derailed near Landis Wednesday morning, CN says A train derailment on Wednesday morning was “a little unnerving,” according to the mayor of Landis, who noted the derailment took place at the outer limits of the Saskatchewan village. “I think everybody’s a little… Continue reading Sask. mayor says derailment near village was second in same spot in five years
Speed a factor in Washington state derailment: NTSB
Source: Rachel La Corte, Gillian Flaccus and Michael Sisak, The Associated Press, December 19, 2017 DUPONT, Wash. – Federal officials confirmed an Amtrak train was hurtling 50 mph over the speed limit when it careened off an overpass south of Seattle, spilling cars onto the highway below and killing at least three people. Bella Dinh-Zarr, a… Continue reading Speed a factor in Washington state derailment: NTSB