News & Reviews News Wire Failure of soft subgrade led to 2020 CP grain train derailment, TSB says in accident report

Failure of soft subgrade led to 2020 CP grain train derailment, TSB says in accident report

By | March 22, 2023

Investigation also sees issues with operation of heavy unit trains, positioning of distributed power

Aerial photograph of derailment

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