Rail transportation

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Rail transportation safety investigation report

Rail transportation safety investigation R24C0020

The occurrence

On 16 February 2024, at about 2200 Pacific Standard Time, the loaded unit coal train 805-339 of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, doing business as CPKC, was proceeding westward at 22.3 mph on the north main track of the Mountain Subdivision when it collided with the trailing car of stationary unit grain train 301-230 at Mile 116.8 near Greely, British Columbia. The 4 head-end locomotives on train 805-339 derailed, 1 of which caught fire. Four cars on train 301-230 derailed, 1 of which also caught fire.

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