{"id":140008,"date":"2026-07-22T20:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/140008\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:57:20","slug":"federal-agency-links-quebec-train-derailment-in-december-to-temperature-swings-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/140008\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal agency links Quebec train derailment in December to temperature swings – Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it could not determine the exact cause of a freight train derailment<\/a> in northern\u00a0Quebec\u00a0last December.<\/p>\n

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The agency says the derailment likely happened after a rail broke under stress from sharp temperature swings and the earlier passage of another train with a wheel defect.<\/p>\n

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The train was carrying iron ore and derailed on Dec. 28 about 60 kilometres north of Sept-\u00celes, on Quebec\u2019s North Shore, after an automatic emergency brake was triggered.<\/p>\n

Twenty-nine railcars and one locomotive derailed, but no one was injured, and most of the spilled iron ore did not reach the frozen surface of the nearby Nipissis river.<\/p>\n

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The report says the rail line recorded 47 broken-rail incidents in 2025, with more than half occurring in January and December.<\/p>\n

The report says the track installed in 2022 had been inspected just three days before the derailment, with no defects detected.<\/p>\n

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