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Via Rail train 51 struck an OC Transpo double-decker bus en route from Ottawa to Toronto at a level crossing. 2014 Nairn derailment: April 2014: near Nairn Centre, Ontario: 0: 0: A Huron Central Railway freight train derailed and leaked 25,000 litres (6,600 US gal) of diesel fuel into a local creek and wetland. [63] Nipigon Train derailment: 14 ...
Canadian National Railway's westbound train No. 413 consisted of three locomotives, EMD GP38-2W number 5586, and 2 EMD SD40 numbers 5104 and 5062, followed by a high-speed spreader, 35 cylindrical hoppers loaded with grain, seven bulkhead flat cars loaded with large pipes, 45 hoppers loaded with sulphur, 20 loaded tank cars, six more grain cars ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving Canadian National Railway" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Accidents and incidents involving Canadian National Railway (6 P) Accidents and incidents involving Via Rail (4 P) C. ... Derailments in Canada (9 P) L.
The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, on July 6, 2013, at approximately 1:14 a.m. EDT, [1] [2] when an unattended 73-car Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) freight train carrying Bakken Formation crude oil rolled down a 1.2% grade from Nantes and derailed downtown, resulting in the explosion and fire of multiple tank cars.
The Canadian National Railway Company [a] (French: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) (reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
November 5 – United Kingdom – Hither Green rail crash, a broken rail causes a derailment resulting in 49 deaths. December 15 – Canada – Two Canadian National Railways locomotives on a siding at Boston Bar, British Columbia , were apparently deliberately started and left to run away unmanned on the main line.
January 18 – United States – Minot train derailment: A Canadian Pacific train derailed near a residential area west of Minot, North Dakota. Seven tank cars ruptured, releasing more than 750,000 litres (200,000 US gallons) of anhydrous ammonia which vaporized in the sub-zero air and formed a toxic cloud that drifted over much of Minot. One ...