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railway safety
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Transport minister orders trains to use handbrakes after deadly derailment
Calgary, AB — Canada’s transport minister has ordered the use of handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment earlier this week in the Rocky Mountains. Marc Garneau said in a statement late Friday that the…
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Fire and potential diesel leak as grain train derails just outside Saskatoon
Saskatoon, SK — A CN freight train carrying grain has derailed at a rail crossing just north of Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Fire Department says the derailment happened at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when 30 out of the 52 rail cars left the tracks near…
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Rail cars fall from Georgia overpass; no injuries reported
Byromville, GA — Rail cars tumbled from an overpass onto a Georgia highway on Saturday, causing an evacuation and traffic headaches in a small town but resulting in no injuries. CSX Railroad said 30 cars derailed. That included some that…
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Railway Association of Canada announces 2018 Safety Award winners
Ottawa, ON — The Railway Association of Canada (RAC) announced the winners of its annual Safety Awards, which recognize RAC member-companies’ initiatives that help to ensure our country’s rail network remains among the safest in the world. Four members –…
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Mass and other events to be held today to mark Lac Megantic anniversary
Lac-Megantic, QC — A commemorative church service will be held in Lac-Megantic on Friday to mark the five-year-anniversary of the train derailment that killed 47 people and destroyed part of downtown. Church bells will ring around noon to remember the…
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Safety board chair says more needs to be done five years after Lac Megantic
Ottawa, ON — The head of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says much has been accomplished five years after the Lac-Megantic train derailment in which 47 people were killed, but more remains to be done. Kathleen Fox, the board’s…
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TSB calls for update to railway employee training, qualification rules
Toronto, ON — The federal agency responsible for transportation policies across the country must modernize training and qualification rules for railway employees to help staff keep up with evolving industry practices and technology, Canada’s transport safety watchdog said Wednesday. The…
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Eight CN Rail freight cars derail in Metro Vancouver, closing busy rail bridge
New Westminster, BC — Eight cars from a Canadian National Railway freight train have jumped the tracks in Metro Vancouver. CN spokeswoman Kate Fenske says in an email that the empty grain cars derailed just after midnight on the Fraser…
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Owners of the rail line to Churchill, Man., had duty to fix it: regulators
Winnipeg, MB — Federal regulators have ruled that the owners of a broken rail line to Churchill were wrong not to repair the line that kept the northern Manitoba community connected to the outside world. The Canadian Transportation Agency says the Hudson…
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‘So tinder dry:’ Trains suspected in some grass fires in prairie communities
Winnipeg, MB — An extremely dry spring in the eastern Prairies has meant an early start to fire season and in some cases trains are being suspected as the cause. “It is tinder dry,” said David Phillips, senior climatologist for…
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Liberals reject Senate changes to air passenger rights, rail shipping bill
Ottawa, ON — Canada’s transport minister is rejecting a host of changes senators have made to legislation aimed at unclogging rail shipments and laying the foundation for a new air passenger bill of rights. The decision, laid out in a detailed motion…
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Strike at CP Railway postponed, commuter and freight service to continue
Calgary, AB — A rail strike has been temporarily averted after the federal labour minister ordered employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. to vote on the company’s final offers, just hours before they were set to walk off the job.…