Rail transportation

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Rail transportation safety investigation report

Rail transportation safety investigation R21H0099

The occurrence

On at about 2034, an eastbound Ottawa Light Rail Transit (OLRT) train was proceeding from the north track to the south track at a speed of about 30 km/h, when it derailed about 90 m east of Tunney’s Pasture Station in Ottawa, Ontario. There were no passengers on board at the time of the derailment as the train was being moved from Tunney’s Pasture Station to OLRT Belfast Yard Maintenance and Storage Facility for repairs. The TSB deployed a team of investigators.

Rail transportation safety investigation R23Q0022

The occurrence

On 22 February 2023, at approximately 2133 Eastern Standard Time, the empty Tacora Resources Inc. ore train W039, operated by Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, was travelling northward on Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway’s Wacouna Subdivision when it passed a Stop signal without authority at Mile 128.3 at Mai Station, Quebec. There was no collision or derailment, and there were no injuries.

Rail transportation safety investigation R23E0079

The occurrence

On , a Canadian National Railway Company (CN) freight train was travelling westward on the Wainwright Subdivision when it passed a stop signal and sideswiped a westbound CN freight train that was departing the yard west of Wainwright, Alberta. As a result, two locomotives and three loaded intermodal cars on the first train derailed, while six loaded hopper cars on the second train derailed.

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