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A freight train derailed in northern Quebec in December, with no injuries but 29 cars and a locomotive ending up off the rails. The Transportation Safety Board can’t pinpoint a single cause, but suspects extreme cold weakening the metal combined with a previous train’s faulty wheel adding stress that snapped the rail. The track—brand new and recently inspected—has seen 47 broken rails in 2025, mostly in winter, raising questions about how vulnerable these rails are to weather and traffic.

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