The Mississauga train derailment of 1979 occurred on Saturday, November 10, 1979, in Mississauga, Canada, when a 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario was derailed near the intersection of Mavis Road and Dundas Street in Mississauga, Ontario. As a result of the derailment, more ...

The Mississauga train derailment, also known as the Mississauga Miracle, occurred on November 10, 1979, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, when a CP Rail freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed and caught fire.

The Mississauga train derailment of 1979 occurred on Saturday, November 10, 1979, in Canada, when a 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario was derailed near the intersection of Mavis Road and Dundas Street in Mississauga, Ontario.

The train crossed into Canada to collect more cars at Sarnia and Chatham, in Southern Ontario. Among them was a tanker filled with 90 tons of chlorine. Thirty-nine more cars were added, loaded with butane, propane, toluene, styrene and other highly flammable materials.

Mar 10, 2023 · Toxic train derailment at Mississauga, Ontario in 1979 offers a case study of how a large town of more than 250,000 people dealt with a dangerous, near-midnight derailment of toxic chemical rail cars, including exploding propane cars, giant fireballs, and a leaky chlorine tanker...

Nov 5, 2024 · In the morning of Nov. 10, 1979, Canadian Pacific Train 54 was traveling along the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the United States pulling along several cars. It crossed into Canada, and collected a few more cars in Sarnia, including one tanker filled with chlorine.

Nov 9, 2019 · It all began at 11:53 p.m. when a Canadian Pacific freight train with several tanker cars full of dangerous chemicals derailed on Mavis Road, between Burnhamthorpe Road and Dundas Street.

November 10, 1979, Train 54 of CP Rail from London, destined for the Toronto yards at Agincourt, suffered a derailment at Mavis Road in the City of Mississauga.

Oct 30, 2019 · The train continued until, at approximately 11:56 pm at the Mavis Road crossing, 24 rail cars derailed. Massive explosions, caused by ruptures in butane- and propane-carrying rail cars, were seen more than 100 kilometres away.

train derailment remains perhaps the most significant chapter of the ever-evolving Mississauga story – a moment in time that connected all “Mississaugans” through common experience – a veritable test by fire. 1 Front cover: Aftermath, Mavis Road looking north, image courtesy of the City of Mississauga