(Source: Canadian Press, March 8, 2015)
GOGAMA, Ontario — Another train derailment in northern Ontario has added new fuel to the ongoing debate over whether rail is a safe way of transporting crude oil. CN said on March 8 there were 94 cars on the train, all carrying Alberta crude to Eastern Canada when approximately 30 of them derailed near Gogama, Ont, about 80 km south of Timmins. Last month a CN derailment occurred in the same area, when 29 cars loaded with crude oil and petroleum distillates derailed and caused a fire.
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