CP 'disappointed' with TSB report on 2019 fatal derailment

Canadian Pacific took issue yesterday with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s (TSB) report on its investigation into a February 2019 train derailment in which three CP crew members were fatally injured near Field, British Columbia.

The derailment involved two locomotives and 99 cars of a 112-car grain train. As a result of the investigation, the TSB issued three recommendations to make cold-weather train operations safer through mountainous territory, the board announced yesterday.

It was "extremely disappointing that the TSB misrepresented the facts" at a press conference yesterday and "misunderstood key facts" about the incident in its report, CP officials stated in a press release.

The railroad will address its concerns in greater detail with the board, they said. CP’s specific concerns about the TSB report and media presentation can be read here.

The TSB report on its investigation can be read here.