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Map of the CPKC train’s route, showing the location where the train stopped on the Ignace Subdivision due to traction motor issues on locomotive KCS 4767 and the location where it derailed on the Brooks Subdivision. (Source: Railway Association of Canada, Canadian Rail Atlas, with TSB annotations, Courtesy of TSB)

TSB Issues Investigation Report for 2024 CPKC Train Derailment

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) on Feb. 24 officially released its investigation report into a 2024 main-track derailment of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) train near Brooks, Alberta, Canada. It revealed that the derailment was the result of a seized axle on the trailing head-end locomotive, and that “incomplete training” was a contributing factor.

TSB Releases 2024 Final Transportation Occurrence Statistics

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has published its final annual statistical summaries from 2024 on transportation occurrences (accidents and incidents) in the rail, air, marine, and pipeline sectors, showing accidents were down from the previous year for all sectors but air.

“We’re advancing a new #LaboratoriesCanada facility in #Ottawa—the future home of the Transportation Safety and Technology Science hub, where @TSBCanada and @NRC_CNRC scientists will study safer transportation,” Public Services and Procurement Canada reported via social media on May 30. (Public Services and Procurement Canada rendering)

Canada to Launch Federal Transportation Safety Research Facility

The Government of Canada has marked the first step in its establishment of a Transportation Safety and Technology Science (TSTS) hub, which will serve as a shared space for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and National Research Council of Canada (NRC) “to conduct in-depth investigations and advance scientific research in transportation safety.”

As a result of the collision of two CPKC trains on Feb. 16, 2024, the four head-end locomotives on train 805 derailed (locomotives CP 8910, CP 8775, CP 8014, and CP 8776), one of which (CP 8775) caught fire. About 17,500 liters of diesel fuel leaked from the derailed locomotives. On train 301, four cars derailed, one of which (CP 650381) caught fire, and about 400 tons of grain spilled from the train. This schematic of the occurrence site shows the derailed rolling stock after the collision, including the derailed locomotives and their order in the train consist (Caption information and image courtesy of TSB)

TSB Releases Final Report on 2024 CPKC Collision

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) on March 31 again called for additional backup safety defenses—“i.e., physical fail-safe train controls”—in signaled territory, following its investigation of the 2024 main-track collision of two Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) trains near Greely, British Columbia.

(Courtesy of TSB)

TSB Releases Final Transportation Occurrence Stats for 2023

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has published its final annual statistical summaries from 2023 on transportation occurrences (accidents and incidents) in the rail, air, marine, and pipeline sectors, showing accidents were down from the previous year for all sectors but air.

(Courtesy of TSB)

TSB Issues Preliminary 2023 Transportation Occurrence Stats

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has published its summary of preliminary transportation occurrence statistics from 2023, showing accidents are below the five-year average for the four sectors. Incidents are down in 2023 for rail and marine, flat for pipeline, and up for air transportation.

Map showing the June 28, 2019, route of CN train M38331-27 the derailment location. (Source: Railway Association of Canada, Canadian Rail Atlas, with TSB annotations)

TSB: Railcar Structural Failure Led to 2019 CN Tunnel Derailment

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) on Dec. 18 reported that structural failure of a bathtub gondola car led to the 2019 derailment of a CN train proceeding through the CN Paul M. Tellier Tunnel en route from Sarnia, Ontario, to Port Huron, Mich. At the time of the accident, “there was no industry or regulatory requirement to periodically conduct a full inspection of the car to ensure it maintained its structural integrity,” the TSB reported. “As a result, its structural integrity deteriorated and this was not identified. …”

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