A report by the railway company involved in this week's deadly derailment in the Rocky Mountains details how challenging it is to run trains in frigid temperatures. "Harsh winter conditions are an inescapable reality in Canada's northern climate," says a document titled White Paper: Railroading in the Canadian Winter on Canadian Pacific Railway's website. Trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer, left, engineer Andrew Dockrell, centre, and conductor Dylan Paradis, right, were killed when a CP train derailed near Field, B.C., early Monday. A union representative has said the derailed train was shorter than the 135 cars CP has run in recent years. The Calgary-based railway said in the report that it also places locomotives at different points along a train in the winter.

Source: CBC News February 08, 2019 14:03 UTC