Rail transportation

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Rail transportation safety investigation report

Rail transportation safety investigation R20W0102

The occurrence

On , at approximately 1443 Eastern Daylight Time, Canadian Pacific Railway Company train 320-227 was travelling eastward at 46 mph on the Ignace Subdivision when 53 hopper cars loaded with grain derailed at Mile 12.8 near Ignace, Ontario. As a result, grain was released from several cars. There were no dangerous goods involved, and no fire was reported. No one was injured.