A look at some accidents involving trains in Canada in the last six months <http://www.thecanadianpress.com/> Description: The Canadian PressBy The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press
Here is a look at some of the accidents involving trains in Canada since May
of 2013:
Oct. 19, 2013 Thirteen CN tanker cars four laden with petroleum crude
oil and nine carrying liquefied petroleum gas came off the rails just
after midnight in the hamlet of Gainford, about 80 kms west of Edmonton. At
least two explosions and a massive fire followed, but there were no early
reports of injuries. ___
Oct 17, 2013: Residents in the northwestern Alberta town of Sexsmith were
forced from their homes after four CN rail cars carrying anhydrous ammonia
left the rails. The cars remained upright and there were no leaks. ___ Oct.
7, 2013: Four empty tanker cars that had been used to carry jet fuel went
off the track in Brampton, Ont. A CN employee suffered minor injuries and
the derailment caused commuter delays for GO Train travellers. ___ Sept. 25,
2013: Seventeen CN rail cars, some carrying flammable petroleum, ethanol and
chemicals, came off the tracks near the village of Landis, in western
Saskatchewan, in the middle of the night. A nearby school was closed as
hazardous material crews cleaned up spilled oil. No one was injured. ___
Sept. 18, 2013: Crossing lights, bells and gates were all reported to have
been activated when an Ottawa city bus collided with a Via Rail passenger
train west of the capital. Six people on the bus were killed, including the
driver, and more than 30 passengers were injured. No one on the train was
hurt. ___ Sep 11, 2013: Eight cars of a Canadian Pacific Railway train
carrying a diluting agent used in oil pipelines derailed at a rail yard in
southeast Calgary. There were no injuries and no leaks from the cars, which
were left lying on their sides. More than 140 homes were evacuated briefly.
___
July 27, 2013: A CPR locomotive and seven tanker cars carrying oil left the
tracks in Lloydminister, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary.
Some diesel spilled from the locomotive and was contained. RCMP said nothing
spilled from the cars, no one was injured and no evacuations were necessary.
___
Jul 8, 2013: An ammonia leak from a train caused the evacuation of roughly
one-quarter of the population of the small northern Ontario town of Gogoma.
No one was injured. ___ July 6, 2013: A runaway train of 72 tank cars loaded
with a volatile crude oil crashed and exploded in the centre of
Lac-Megantic, Que., killing 47 people and destroying half the downtown area.
The train, owned by Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, was unmanned at the
time. ___ June 27, 2013: Seven cars derailed as a bridge over the
flood-swollen Bow River in Calgary collapsed as a CPR train tried to cross
it. Five cars carried petroleum products, one was filled with ethylene
glycol and one was empty. No spills or injuries were reported but Calgary
Mayor Naheed Nenshi demanded answers. ___ June 2, 2013: Eleven CPR rail cars
derailed on a trestle bridge near Wanup, east of Sudbury, Ont. There were no
injuries, but the cars were carrying containers of consumer goods and about
half of them entered a nearby river, prompting a drinking-water advisory.
___
May 23, 2013: Police in the southern Alberta community of Okotoks had to
respond to an unusual call when a runaway train car rumbled through town.
They said the wayward train car was empty and eventually stopped when it
bounced off the tracks. No one was injured and CPR attributed the incident
to vandalism. ___
May 21, 2013: Five cars on a CPR train derailed near the village of Jansen
in southeastern Saskatchewan and one of them spilled more than 91,000 litres
of oil. There were no injuries. ___
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