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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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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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Exhausted workers a danger on land, sea and air, transportation board warns
Ottawa, ON — Fatigue is prevalent in rail, marine and air transportation, the Transportation Safety Board reported on Monday, and it called for “profound change” including to views held by management and workers. The federal agency responsible for investigating transportation…
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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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Second mate fell asleep on grounded tug off Vancouver Island: TSB report
Vancouver, BC — The Transportation Safety Board has called for more training on fatigue in the marine industry after finding a crew member fell asleep and missed a planned course change before a tug boat ran aground off British Columbia’s coast. About…
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No one on watch as track worker injured at Delta, B.C., rail yard: TSB
Richmond, BC — The Transportation Safety Board has determined inadequate safety training contributed to the injury of a track worker at a rail yard in Delta, B.C. The board says a Toronto Terminals Railway locomotive engineer and a conductor were shoving 66…
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Transport safety rules weakened under Trump
Washington, DC — On a clear, dry June evening in 2015, cars and trucks rolled slowly in a herky-jerky backup ahead of an Interstate 75 construction zone in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Barreling toward them: an 18-ton tractor-trailer going about 80 mph.…
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Hike in serious rail, pipeline accidents in 2017 says safety board
Ottawa, ON —Serious accidents involving both rail and pipeline transport of dangerous substances like crude oil and gas increased in 2017 over the previous year, according to statistics compiled by the Transportation Safety Board. Of the total 1,090 railway incidents…