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Another Canadian National freight derails with 40 carloads of grain
THE Canadian National Railway (CN), in its fourth derailment in the last month, suffered a derailment in northern Ontario when 40 carloads of grain left the tracks, said the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
The board said it was deploying a team to investigate the accident, which took place 1,700 kilometres northwest of Toronto, near Fort Frances (pop 8,000), near the US border.
CN Rail, Canada's largest railway, could not be immediately reached for comment, Reuters reported.
The company said in October that its 2013 record was in line with 2012, its safest year on record, despite a fiery crash in Alberta last month involving a train hauling crude oil.
While no one was hurt in that accident, rail safety has become an issue in Canada after the deadly accident this summer in Lac Megantic, Quebec, where a runaway train carrying explosive crude oil derailed, exploded and killed 47 people.
The board said it was deploying a team to investigate the accident, which took place 1,700 kilometres northwest of Toronto, near Fort Frances (pop 8,000), near the US border.
CN Rail, Canada's largest railway, could not be immediately reached for comment, Reuters reported.
The company said in October that its 2013 record was in line with 2012, its safest year on record, despite a fiery crash in Alberta last month involving a train hauling crude oil.
While no one was hurt in that accident, rail safety has become an issue in Canada after the deadly accident this summer in Lac Megantic, Quebec, where a runaway train carrying explosive crude oil derailed, exploded and killed 47 people.
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