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6. Crash happened at same place as 2008 train wreck

Mon Feb 27, 2012, 01:23 AM

Feb 2012

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1137084--via-rail-derailment-crash-happened-at-same-place-as-2008-train-wreck?bn=1

In 2008, a freight train skidded off the lines, derailing 19 cars and tankers in the exact same block as Sunday’s crash.

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Three killed in Via Rail train derailment in Burlington, Ont. [View all] Little Tich Feb 2012 OP

Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) sfghrtjr Feb 2012 #1

Engineer, conductor and a trainee. So sad. Brickbat Feb 2012 #2

I'm wondering what caused the derail. Brickbat Feb 2012 #4

Crash happened at same place as 2008 train wreck Electric Monk Feb 2012 #6