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Rail transportation safety investigation report

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 8 August 2023, a Canadian National Railway Company (CN) freight train was travelling westward on the Wainwright Subdivision when it passed a Stop signal indication and sideswiped a westbound CN freight train that was departing the yard west of Wainwright, Alberta. As a result, two locomotives and two loaded intermodal cars on the first train derailed, while six loaded hopper cars on the second train derailed.