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Riley Sparks
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Contributor, Freelance
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By Riley Sparks| Montreal Gazette Verified Safety inspectors and police verify the integrity of train cars carrying crude oil in Nantes, near Lac-Mégantic, in July 2013. In the year since the explosion that killed 47 people and destroyed much of the town, trains hauling crude oil have stopped running through Lac-Mégantic. Photograph by: Dario Ayala , The GazetteMONTREAL — At the beginning of last summer, the long strings of railcars loaded with crude oil that travelled through Lac-Mégantic were a part of the scenery to many in town.
By Riley Sparks| Montreal Gazette Verified Oil from nine cars that were not damaged gave investigators a more accurate sample of what the train was carrying when it derailed. Photograph by: John Kenney , The GazetteThe Transportation Safety Board is expected to release its final report on the Lac-Mégantic train derailment on Tuesday. The agency’s investigators arrived in Lac-Mégantic hours after a train with 72 tanker cars hauling crude oil derailed and exploded at the centre of town early in the morning of July 6.
By Riley Sparks| Montreal Gazette Verified Safety inspectors and police verify the integrity of train cars carrying crude oil in Nantes, near Lac-Mégantic, in July 2013. In the year since the explosion that killed 47 people and destroyed much of the town, trains hauling crude oil have stopped running through Lac-Mégantic. Photograph by: Dario Ayala , The GazetteMONTREAL — At the beginning of last summer, the long strings of railcars loaded with crude oil that travelled through Lac-Mégantic were a part of the scenery to many in town.
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