Rail transportation safety investigation R24C0012
The occurrence
On 05 February 2024, at approximately 1624 Mountain Standard Time, a Canadian Pacific Railway Company, doing business as CPKC, mixed-merchandise freight train travelling from Montréal, Quebec, to Edmonton, Alberta, was proceeding westward on the Brooks Subdivision at about 53 mph when the trailing head-end locomotive and 17 intermodal flat cars (41 platforms) derailed at Mile 65.8 near Brooks, Alberta. Some of the derailed cars were carrying dangerous goods but did not breach.