Main-track derailment : Canadian National freight train M30831-06, mile 152.60, Napadogan subdivision, Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, 07 January 2014.: TU3-6/14-0002E-PDF

"On 07 January 2014, at approximately 1847 Atlantic Standard Time, Canadian National freight train M30831-06 was proceeding eastward when it derailed 19 cars and 1 distributed power locomotive in the Napadogan Subdivision, near Plaster Rock, New Brunswick. The distributed power locomotive and most of the derailed cars piled up at Mile 152.60. About 230 000 litres of hydrocarbons spilled from the tank cars and caught fire. Approximately150 residents were evacuated within a 1.6-kilometre radius. A total of about 350 feet of railway track was destroyed. There were no injuries"--Summary.

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Department/Agency Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Title Main-track derailment : Canadian National freight train M30831-06, mile 152.60, Napadogan subdivision, Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, 07 January 2014.
Series title Railway investigation report ; R14M0002
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Déraillement en voie principale du train de marchandises M30831-06 du Canadien National au point milliaire 152,60 de la subdivision de Napadogan à Plaster Rock (Nouveau-Brunswick), le 7 janvier 2014.
Publishing information [Gatineau, QC] : Transportation Safety Board of Canada, 2016.
Description 29 p. : ill., photos.
Catalogue number
  • TU3-6/14-0002E-PDF
Subject terms Railway accidents
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