Investigation into VIA Rail Canada derailment near Moncton, New Brunswick continues, broken railway pieces sent for testing

By Alexander Quon, Online Producer/Reporter, Global News; April 8, 2019 The team of federal investigators examining the derailment of a…

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Canadian Pacific Railway update on Field, British Columbia derailment

A press release from Canadian Pacific Railway; February 8, 2019: CALGARY, Feb. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP)…

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Canadian Transportation Safety Board says Canadian Pacific freight train began to move on its own, derailing 99 cars and killing three crew

By The Canadian Press, Edmonton Journal; February 5, 2019 CALGARY — Investigators say a Canadian Pacific freight train was parked…

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A former counsel of the chief rail U.S rail regulator wonders about its future mission

By John Kingston, Freight Waves; January 14, 2019 With precision railroading looming as the dominant operating strategy in the North…

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Beavers may have contributed to fatal train derailment in northern Manitoba: Canada’s Transportation Safety Board

By The Canadian Press, The Globe And Mail; September 19, 2018 A Transportation Safety Board investigator says beavers may have…

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Canadian Transportation Safety Board releases image of VIA Rail derailment that injured 2

By Jennifer Francis, CBC News; July 6, 2018 A photo released by the Transportation Safety Board today confirms details of…

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Canadian Rail safety watchdog calls for training overhaul after 74-car runaway train rolled through Greater Toronto Area

From CBC News; June 27, 2018 A probe into how 74 rail cars were allowed to roll uncontrolled for five…

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Not enough being done to reduce runaway rail cars: Canadian TSB Saskatoon report

By The Canadian Press, Calgary Herald; March 20, 2018 SASKATOON — A report into a runaway railway car that rumbled…

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Alberta: ‘Multiple breaks’ and ‘worn’ rails to blame for derailment of train carrying crude oil north of Edmonton

By Phil Heidenreich, Online Journalist, Global News; November 25, 2017 One month after a train carrying crude oil derailed in…

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