Rail transportation safety investigation R16E0102
The occurrence
On , at approximately 1953 Mountain Daylight Time, northbound Canadian National Railway Company freight train A45851-29, travelling at 27 mph, derailed 28 cars in a right-hand curve at Mile 96.38 of the Grande Cache Subdivision. The derailed cars were covered hopper cars loaded with frac sand. The derailment damaged about 1300 feet of track. There were no injuries