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Rail transportation safety investigation report
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Misaligned switch led to inadvertent diversion of VIA Rail passenger train into a siding at Hegadorn, Quebec
Rail transportation safety investigation R13D0054
The occurrence
On , shortly before 0100 Eastern Daylight Time, eastward Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway freight train MMA-002, which was parked unattended for the night at Nantes, Quebec, started to roll. The train travelled approximately 7.2 miles, reaching a speed of 65 mph. At around 0115, when MMA-002 approached the centre of the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, 63 tank cars carrying petroleum crude oil (UN 1267) and 2 box cars derailed. About 6 million litres of petroleum crude oil spilled.