On , at about 0215 Eastern Daylight Time, a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) yard foreman and a CP yard helper were performing switching operations at CP’s Toronto Yard in Toronto, Ontario using a remote control locomotive system (RCLS). The yard foreman was operating yard assignment T16-13 (the assignment) when it began to roll uncontrolled eastward on the Staines connecting track.
On , at approximately 1845 Eastern Daylight Time, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) freight train 142-14 experienced a train-initiated emergency brake application at Mile 36.6 on the south track of CP’s Winchester Subdivision, near Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec. An inspection determined that 22 cars had derailed. There were no injuries and there was no release of dangerous goods.
Hudson Bay Railway
Freight train 995-15
Mile 99.59, Wekusko Subdivision
Ponton, Manitoba
VIA Rail Canada Inc.
Passenger train P02921-31
Mile 99.1, Drummondville Subdivision
Drummondville, Quebec
