Basics of the Lac-Mégantic derailment and fire
Green Car Congress
JULY 7, 2013
Early Saturday morning, 6 July, at approximately 1:15 AM ET, an eastbound Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway train with 72 carloads of crude oil and 5 locomotive units derailed at the Rue Frontenac road crossing in Lac-Mégantic, Québec. miles (11 km) west of Lac Mégantic (and uphill), for a crew change. Click to enlarge. 2006.09.056.
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