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Rail transportation safety investigation report
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TSB deploys a team of investigators following a train derailment near Leross, Saskatchewan

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Rail transportation safety investigation R26C0011

The occurrence 

On 05 February 2026, a Canadian National Railway Company (CN) freight train, consisting of two locomotives and 194 loaded platforms, was travelling east on the main track of the Edson Subdivision when nine intermodal flat cars (35 platforms) derailed in various positions near the town of Wildwood, Alberta. 

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

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Figure 4. Derailed tank car after the collision (Source: TSB)

Adaptations to procedures contributed to derailment in Coalhurst, Alberta

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Figure 2. Southbound approach to the CPKC Hunt Road grade crossing

Investigation report: Fatal collision at rail crossing in southern Ontario

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Figure 2. Cars derailed in an accordion fashion

Incomplete training contributed to a 17-car train derailment

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