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Failure of rail joint likely caused 2020 Canadian Pacific oil train derailment and fire, TSB says
Second incident in two months near Guernsey, Sask., helped spur new regulations, significant action by CP
Breached tank cars burn some 7 hours after the derailment of a Canadian Pacific oil train on Feb. 6, 2020. Humboldt, Sask., Fire Department via TSB
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Failure of a plug rail joint, installed about a week earlier, likely led to the derailment and fire involving a Canadian Pacific crude oil unit train near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, in February 2020, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada determined in a final investigation report released Friday (June 7).
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Failure of a plug rail joint, installed about a week earlier, likely led to the derailment and fire involving a Canadian Pacific crude oil unit train near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, in February 2020, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada determined in a final investigation report released Friday (June 7).
The Feb. 6 incident — the second involving a CP train of crude near Guernsey in a two-month period — led to new speed restrictions for hazardous-material trains in Canada [see “Canadian government orders speed restrictions …,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 6, 2020]. Thirty-two cars derailed, spilling approximately 1.75 million liters (462,300 gallons) of crude oil, which ignited, closing a highway and leading to the evacuation of about 85 people. No one was injured.
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