November 6, 2013 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, November 5, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A fatal accident in which a freight train struck a parade float in Texas last November was caused by the failure of both the city and the parade organizer to address the...
November 4, 2013 | Accident, Canada, Headlines
(Source: HazMat Management, November 4, 2013) The magazine titled “HazMat Management” has devoted the lead story of their Fall 2013 issue to the derailment in Lac-Meganitc. The issue is available at the link below. Full story: HazMat...
November 4, 2013 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg News, November 3, 2013) EDMONTON — A Canadian National Railway Co. (CNR) train derailed about 111 miles west of Alberta’s capital Edmonton today. Thirteen cars on a train traveling eastbound derailed around 1 a.m. local time, including 12 loaded...
October 24, 2013 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(Source: Edmonton Journal, October 22, 2013) EDMONTON — If there was any good news out of the Gainford derailment and explosion on the weekend, it’s that nobody was killed or injured. Full story: Edmonton Journal
October 23, 2013 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(Source: CTV News, October 22, 2013) GAINFORD, Alberta — Residents of Gainford, Alta., are now allowed to return to their homes after a tanker train derailed in the area on the weekend. A total of 126 residents were displaced early Saturday morning, when a CN train...
October 22, 2013 | Accident, Canada, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Press, October 20, 2013) OTTAWA — The latest train accident near Gainford, Alta is just one of many that have taken place in the last five months. Click below for a look at some of the accidents involving trains in Canada since May of 2013. Full...
October 22, 2013 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(Source: Globe and Mail, October 20, 2013) TORONTO — Nine blackened tankers are scattered around the site. Part of the rail is mangled, warped, and burned black. A train carrying propane and crude that crashed in the hamlet of Gainford, Alta., early Saturday morning...
October 22, 2013 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, October 21, 2013) CALGARY, Alberta — Burning rail cars from a derailed Canadian train are taking longer to burn out than Canadian National Railway (CN) expected, closing the operator’s main line to the Pacific coast and keeping 100 people from...
October 22, 2013 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(Source: Business News Network, October 21, 2013) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway said on Monday that a “controlled burn” of propane in derailed tank cars at Gainford, Alberta, began last night and continues this morning. Thirteen cars on a 134-car...
October 21, 2013 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg News, October 20, 2013) EDMONTON, Alberta — Two Canadian National Railway Co. (CNR) cars remain on fire after the derailment yesterday of a train carrying crude and liquefied petroleum gas west of Edmonton. One of three cars carrying propane that...
