CP freight train derails near Banff, marking third crash in area this year GlobeBusiness
A Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. freight train derailed near Banff, Alta., on Thursday, the third crash on the tracks west of Calgary since Jan. 3.
There were no injuries and no dangerous goods involved, he said. The cause of the crash and the gradient of the track was not available, he said.A CP spokesman did not immediately reply to a request for comment. On Feb. 4, three CP railroaders died when their train ran out of control and crashed down the mountainside. The cause of the tragedy, which killed engineer Andrew Dockrell, conductor Dylan Paradis and trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer, is the subject of a TSB investigation. The men had just boarded the train, which the previous crew had stopped in an emergency as it sped beyond their control.
Applying a train’s emergency brakes is a last measure to halt a train speeding beyond the control of the driver. A train that has made an emergency stop must then halt while the air-brake system is recharged. It is not known why the emergency brakes failed, but cold weather, snow, and leaky, aged equipment are known to hamper the operation of air brakes. Hand brakes, if set properly, are known to be a safe backstop to air brakes on halted trains.
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