Train Derailment in Fort Frances

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VIA RAIL Fort William Waterfront
VIA Rail at Fort William Waterfront - Photo by Georgia Wenjack
Fort William Waterfront
Photo by Georgia Wenjack

FORT FRANCES – Forty rail cars left the tracks in Fort Frances. The train derailment will be investigated.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will deploy a team of investigators to the site of a rail accident near Fort Frances, Ontario. The CN train has derailed an estimated 40 car loads of grain. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.

The TSB is an independent agency that investigates marine, pipeline, railway and aviation transportation occurrences. Its sole aim is the advancement of transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.

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