The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it found several deficiencies in a stretch of CN Rail tracks near the site of a train derailment in a suburban city northeast of Montreal, prompting the mayor to call for a pause on all train activity in the area.
The federal agency deployed a team to investigate the railway tracks after 49 wagons derailed on the edge of a residential area in Repentigny, Que. on July 5.
No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were spilled, according to the safety board.
A letter the safety board’s director of rail and pipeline investigations, Vincenzo De Angelis, sent to Transport Canada’s director of rail safety on July 10 says investigators examined the tracks at the site of the derailment and eight other sections….