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track. Two locomotives and two cars of the yard assignment derailed. Six cars on train 339 derailed and/or sustained damage, including two special dangerous goods tank cars containing chlorine (UN1017). Approximately 3785 litres of diesel fuel (UN1202) leaked from the derailed locomotives. There were no injuries.
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bridges the yard's actual southern entry point; all trains enter and exit by way of the southern end. Rutherford Road passes over the two hump pullback tracks at the north end of the yard, which curve to the west to end at the east side of Jane Street. Construction of the yard resulted in
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