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A second CN train derailment in Potterville, Michigan, occurred in May 2006, though no evacuation was necessary. The cause of this derailment was found to be a failed wheel bearing on the 82nd car. [47] About 9:04 am central standard time on February 9, 2003, northbound CN freight train M33371 derailed 22 of its 108 cars in Tamaroa, Illinois ...
Hinton train collision. On February 8, 1986, 23 people were killed in a collision between a Canadian National Railway freight train and a Via Rail passenger train called the Super Continental, including the engine crews of both trains. It was the deadliest rail disaster in Canada since the Dugald accident of 1947, which had 31 fatalities, and ...
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Route map. The Super Continental was a transcontinental Canadian passenger train operated by the Canadian National Railway from 1955 until 1977, when Via Rail took over the train and ran it until it was cancelled in 1981. [2] Service was restored in 1985 but was again eliminated in 1990.
Nearly a third of the freight handled by the two railroads — Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern (CPKC) — crosses the US-Canadian border, and the shutdown could ...
August 21, 2024 at 2:13 PM. By David Ljunggren. OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's two main freight rail companies are set to lock out around 10,000 of their Canadian unionized workers on Thursday at 12: ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's freight rail network could come to a grinding halt this week, inflicting a huge economic toll after the country's two largest railroad operators on Sunday issued lockout ...
A westbound CN freight train, which ran a red signal before leaving a portion of double track, collided head on with an eastbound Via Rail Super Continental. The estimated cost of the accident was $35 million. The three freight crew members may have been asleep or otherwise incapacitated. [36] Lac-Mégantic rail disaster: 6 July 2013
February 8 – Canada – Hinton train collision, Dalehurst, Alberta: 23 were killed after a Via Rail passenger train and CN freight train collided head-on. February 17 – Chile – Queronque rail accident, a Valparaíso–Santiago express train collided head-on with local train, near Limache, killing 58 people and injuring 510. The crash ...