Field Train Derailment

• RCMP launches criminal probe into 2019 B.C. train derailment that killed 3 workers

  A criminal investigation is now underway into a deadly train derailment in B.C. that killed three Calgarians working for the Canadian Pacific Railway in 2019.

  Crime

  Dec 17, 2020
  
• TSB investigators finished probe of fatal Field, B.C. train derailment, ready to compile report

  The agency says its work so far includes examining all relevant data from the crash site, collecting communications with train crews and conducting interviews.

  Feb 6, 2020
  
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• Transportation Safety Board issues 2 safety advisories after Field train derailment

  The TSB said it has advised Transport Canada to review the efficacy of air brake system inspection and maintenance procedures for grain hopper cars used in unit train operations.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2019
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• Train derailment site in Banff National Park could attract hungry grizzlies: Parks Canada

  Grizzlies are emerging from hibernation, and could be attracted to spilled grain from the train.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2019
• Use of handbrakes mandated on Canadian railways following fatal Field, B.C. derailment

  Three crew members were killed early Monday when the 112-car Canadian Pacific Railway train they were on started moving on its own after being parked for two hours with airbrakes applied.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2019
• Extreme cold poses ‘major challenge’ to freight train air-brake systems: CP Rail report

  A Vancouver-bound train with 112 grain cars was parked with its air brakes engaged on a grade east of Field, B.C., when it started moving on its own around 1 a.m. Monday.

  Feb 8, 2019
• Parked train started moving on its own before fatal B.C. derailment, TSB says

  A train that derailed near Field, B.C. killing its three-person crew began moving on its own, says the TSB.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2019
• 3 Calgary men killed in CP Railway train derailment near Field, B.C. identified

  The freight train was heading west when it went off the tracks, plunging into the Kicking Horse River just east of Field, B.C.

  Feb 4, 2019
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• 3 CP Railway employees from Calgary killed in major train derailment near Field, B.C.

  Three Canadian Pacific Railway employees were killed after their westbound freight train derailed and plunged into a river east of Field, B.C., early Monday.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2019