Rail transportation safety investigation R17T0164
The occurrence
On 19 July 2017, at about 0415 Eastern Daylight Time, Canadian National Railway Company freight train M39731-18, proceeding westward on the Strathroy Subdivision, derailed 14 cars in the town of Strathroy, Ontario. The cars that derailed, including 1 dangerous goods residue tank car that last contained liquefied petroleum gas (UN1075), came to rest in the vicinity of the Metcalfe Street West crossing. There were no injuries, and there was no release of dangerous goods.