Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1986, August 24 - Eleven cars derail at Kingston, CNR., Kingston sub. No injuries

Ottawa Citizen 25 August 1986 Off the track: Inspectors believe an overheated axle caused 11 cars of a 131- car freight train to derail early Sunday in a residential area of Kingston. The derailment resulted in the line's temporary closure. A CN spokesman said none of the derailed cars carried dangerous substances See also Branchline, October 1986, page 17

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