Rail 2005

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigated this occurrence for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.

Railway Investigation Report
Derailment
Canadian National
Freight Train M30351-03
Mile 49.4, Edson Subdivision
Wabamun, Alberta
03 August 2005

Report Number R05E0059

Synopsis

On 03 August 2005, at 0509 mountain daylight time, Canadian National freight train M30351-03, proceeding westward from Edmonton, Alberta, to Vancouver, British Columbia, derailed 43 cars, including 1 loaded car of pole treating oil, 1 car of toluene (UN 1294), and 25 loaded cars of Bunker C (heavy fuel oil) at Mile 49.4 of the Edson Subdivision near Wabamun, Alberta. Approximately 700 000 litres of Bunker C and 88 000 litres of pole treating oil were spilled, causing extensive property, environmental, and biological damage. About 20 people were evacuated from the immediate area. There were no injuries.

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© Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada 2007
   Cat. No. TU3-6/05-6E
   ISBN 978-0-662-47019-9

• How This Report Is Organized
• R05E0059 Investigation Report
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