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Rail transportation safety investigation report

Not following signal indications

Train crews do not consistently recognize and follow railway signal indications.

Rail transportation safety investigation R25T0177

The occurrence

On 14 July 2025, at about 08:09 Eastern Daylight Time, a Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPKC) intermodal freight train travelling west at 56 mph on the Belleville Subdivision struck a southbound pickup truck as it was traversing the Hunt Road public grade crossing (Mile 115.64) in Cramahe, a rural township in southern Ontario. The crossing was equipped with a standard crossing sign and a stop sign.