Rail transportation

The occurrence

On 16 September 2025, a Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPKC) intermodal train was travelling east on the main track of the Nemegos Subdivision. The train consisted of three locomotives operating in a distributed power configuration (one at the front, one in the middle and one at the back), as well as 57 loaded cars. At approximately 1436 Eastern Daylight Time, while the train was travelling at about 39 miles per hour, an uninitiated emergency brake application occurred at the west siding switch (Mile 97.6) in Sultan, Ontario.

The occurrence 

On 25 July 2025, a Canadian National Railway Company (CN) mixed-merchandise train was travelling west at approximately 30 miles per hour on the north track of the Dundas Subdivision. The train consisted of 172 cars, including 80 equipped with end-of-car cushioning devices, and was powered by three head-end locomotives and one distributed power locomotive positioned mid-train.

The occurrence

On 02 September 2025, a Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPCK) freight train was travelling west on the main track of the Cranbrook Subdivision when 11 empty centrebeam flat cars and one empty box car derailed at Mile 54.

There were no injuries and no dangerous goods involved. The TSB is investigating.