TSB Says Derailed Train Began to Move on Its Own; Three Crew Members Killed
The Transportation Safety Board says the westbound train had been parked on a grade with its air brakes applied for two hours near Field, B.C., early Feb. 4 when it started rolling. Investigator James Carmichael said the crew had just boarded the train, but weren’t yet ready to depart. “It was not anything the crew did. The train started to move on its own,” Carmichael said at an update on Feb. 5.
CALGARY—Investigators say a Canadian Pacific freight train was parked and began to move on its own before it derailed and killed three crew members on the Alberta-British Columbia boundary.
The Transportation Safety Board says the westbound train had been parked on a grade with its air brakes applied for two hours near Field, B.C., early Feb. 4 when it started rolling.
