Rail transportation

The occurrence

On 16 July 2018, at approximately 1845 Eastern Daylight Time, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) freight train 142-14 experienced a train-initiated emergency brake application at Mile 36.6 on the south track of CP’s Winchester Subdivision, near Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec. An inspection determined that 22 cars had derailed. There were no injuries and there was no release of dangerous goods.

Hudson Bay Railway
Freight train 995-15
Mile 99.59, Wekusko Subdivision
Ponton, Manitoba
15 September 2018

VIA Rail Canada Inc.
Passenger train P02921-31
Mile 99.1, Drummondville Subdivision
Drummondville, Quebec
31 October 2018