MONTREAL—The Transportation Safety Board says there have been 24 cases this year of stationary trains suddenly lurching into gear. Since the Lac-Megantic train tragedy in 2013 in which 47 people were killed, the federal Transport Department has implemented several of the TSB’s recommendations in order to help avoid such disasters. The federal agency says there were 42 similar cases last year and 30 in 2014. In that case, an idled train carrying crude oil careened into downtown Lac-Megantic, derailed and exploded, resulting in the heavy casualty list and massive property destruction. The locations of the incidents weren’t specified.

Source: thestar July 12, 2016 22:18 UTC