First table: 10 or more deaths
Second table: other notable events
Worst railway accidents
Other major railway accidents
See also
Footnotes
- ^ "The Dreadful Accident on the Great Western". The Globe. October 31, 1854. p. 2.
- ^ Smith, Edward (2007). All My Politics Are Railroads. James Lorimer & Company Ltd. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-55028-988-6.
- ^ "Railway disaster: The Spanish River train wreck". Soo Today. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Calgary Herald". www.newspapers.com. 15 Aug 1936. p. 1.
QUEBEC CROSSING TOLL MOUNTS TO 22. Train Smashes Truck Near Louiseville; 12 Others Injured
- ^ "Hamilton Transit History". www.trainweb.org.
- ^ "Edmonton Journal". www.newspapers.com. 30 Nov 1960. p. 2.
- ^ "Edmonton Journal". 29 Nov 2012 – via PressReader.
- ^ "1897, October 14 - Head-on collision east of Stittsville, Canadian Pacific Railway". crcml.org.
- ^ "Nairn Centre 1896–1996: The First 100 Years" (PDF).
- ^ "The Horseshoe Curve Wreck". www.trainweb.org.
- ^ "Westmount Examiner". wordpress.com. 25 Mar 2009.
- ^ "Buffalo Commercial". www.newspapers.com. 17 Mar 1909. p. 1.
- ^ Furgala, Gregory (26 August 2016). "After more than a hundred years, a derailed train that plunged into Lake Superior has been found". National Post. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "CBC News". www.cbc.ca. 25 Jun 2013.
- ^ "1916, December 27 - Rear end collision near St. Polycarpe, CPR., Winchester sub., 6 killed, 5 injured". crcml.org.
- ^ "Abbotsford Post". library.ubc.ca. 12 May 1922. p. 1.
- ^ "Summerland Review" (PDF). squarespace.com. 24 Sep 1926. pp. 1, 3.
- ^ "1928, December 31 - Eight killed in a crossing collision at Cataraqui, CNR., Kingston sub". crcml.org.
- ^ "ROARING FLOOD WATERS BRING WIDE DESTRUCTION TO ONTARIO COMMUNITIES". The Globe. January 21, 1929. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Tignish Train Wreck". Island Narratives Program. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "1945, October 6 - Six Killed in a crossing accident at Main Street, Chesterville, Canadian Pacific, Winchester subdivision". crcml.org.
- ^ "69 years ago: Remembering the deadly Coniston bus crash". Sudbury.com. 9 February 2020.
- ^ "1952, August 4 - five people are killed in a crossing accident near Petawawa, CPR Chalk River sub". crcml.org.
- ^ MOE coughs up $500,000 - PCB clean-up starts six long years after spill, Northern Life, July 11, 1979 Page 19
- ^ Maclean's Magazine, December 17, 1979
- ^ "blogTO". www.blogto.com. 21 Sep 2013.
- ^ Bateman, Chris (9 December 2015). "Remembering the ill-fated CN Turbo train". Spacing Magazine. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "1981, March 19 - Five volunteer firemen are killed in a crossing accident at Iroquois, Kingston subdivision, m. 98.9". crcml.org.
- ^ "Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Railway Investigation Report R99H0007: Derailment/collision VIA Rail Canada Inc. Passenger Train No. 74, Mile 46.7, Canadian National Chatham Subdivision, Thamesville, Ontario, 23 April 1999".
- ^ a b "VIA Rail Derailment: Few accidents in GTA over the years have proved fatal". Toronto Star. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Railway Investigation Report R01M0024". Transportation Safety Board of Canada. 7 January 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Train derails near Sudbury, Ont., after trestle collapses, CBC News/Sudbury, June 3, 2013
- ^ "Spanish River diesel fuel spill worries Nairn Centre area residents". CBC.ca. CBC. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Highway 17 reopens to one lane after train derailment, CBC News, January 14, 2015
- ^ Rail transportation safety investigation R15H0013, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, February 14, 2015 (updated February 16, 2017)
- ^ Train carrying crude oil derails near Gogama, Ont., CBC News, March 7, 2015
- ^ "Poor track conditions and inadequate drainage led to November 2015 derailment of a Huron Central Railway train near Spanish, Ontario". Canada Newswire. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Rail transportation safety investigation R19C0015". Transportation Safety Board of Canada. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Witness describes moment truck collided with train near Levack, CTV Northern Ontario News, May 22, 2020
- ^ Trevithick, Matthew (2 February 2021). "Transport Canada, TSB officials deployed to scene of Goderich, Ont., train derailment". Global News.
- ^ Heidenreich, Phil (12 February 2021). "Investigation underway after train carrying potash derails near Alberta-B.C. border". Global News.
- ^ Via Rail cancels 25 trains on Christmas Day after CN derailment, Toronto Star, December 25, 2022
References
- Halliday, Hugh A. (1997). Wreck, Canada's Worst Railway Accidents. Robin Brass Studio. ISBN 1-896941-04-4.
External links
Media related to Rail transport accidents in Canada at Wikimedia Commons