IT WAS THE DEADLIEST TRAIN ACCIDENT IN CANADA'S HISTORY.
Lac-Megantic Train Disaster : The Lac-Megantic train disaster is a tragic incident that occurred on July 6, 2013, in the small town of Lac-Megantic in Quebec, Canada. It was one of the deadliest train accidents in Canada's history, resulting in the death of 47 people and devastating half of the town. Devastated Lac-Megantic City (Courtesy - Sûreté du Québec- https://twitter.com/sureteduquebec/status/353519189769732096/photo/1 ) On the evening of July 5, 2013, at about 10:50 p.m., the MMA 5017 train of the Montreal,Maine and Atlantic Railway company was transporting 7 million litres of crude oil from North Dakota to the refinery plant in New Brunswick. Due to nightfall, the train was stopped on the main line of the railway station located in Nantes, 7 miles from Lac-Megantic. When the engineer stopped the train, its locomotive was running, which operates the air-braking system. All the hand brakes could not be applied as the engineer was alone and some brakes were required more str
