Main-track train collision, Canadian Pacific Railway, freight trains 602-242 and 113-01, mile 62.0, Mountain subdivision, Beavermouth, British Columbia, 06 September 2015 .: TU3-6/15-0183E-1-PDF

“On 06 September 2015, at approximately 0223 Pacific Daylight Time, Canadian Pacific Railway Train 602-242, travelling eastward on the main track of the Mountain Subdivision, collided with westbound Canadian Pacific Railway Train 113-01, which was entering the siding track near Beavermouth, British Columbia. As a result of the collision, 2 locomotives and the first car behind the locomotives on train 602-242 as well as one set of trucks on the 64th car on train 113-01 derailed. The conductor of train 602-242 sustained a serious injury. No dangerous goods were released"--Summary, t.p.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Title Main-track train collision, Canadian Pacific Railway, freight trains 602-242 and 113-01, mile 62.0, Mountain subdivision, Beavermouth, British Columbia, 06 September 2015 .
Series title Railway investigation report ; R15V0183
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Earlier edition Main-track train collision, Canadian Pacific Railway, freight trains 602-242 and 113-01, mile 62.0, Mountain subdivision, Beavermouth, British Columbia, 06 September 2015
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Collision de trains en voie principale, chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique, trains de marchandises 602-242 et 113-01, point milliaire 62,0, subdivision de Mountain, Beavermouth (Colombie-Britannique), 6 septembre 2015.
Corrected version of TU3-6/15-0183E-PDF: in Section 1.8 Weather, "the weather was clear" has been replaced by "the weather was cloudy."
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information Gatineau, QC : Transportation Safety Board of Canada, c2017.
Description 29 p. : col. ill., col. map
ISBN 978-0-660-09304-8
Catalogue number
  • TU3-6/15-0183E-1-PDF
Subject terms Railway accidents
Investigations
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