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Lac-Megantic derailment
Using air brakes alone increases risk of runaway trains: TSB
March 22, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThere has been an increase, since 2014, in the number of uncontrolled movements of rail cars, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada warned Wednesday. TSB released Wednesday a report into an incident in 2016 in which a tank car rolled…
Federal government to conduct field exercise on response to incidents involving flammable liquids transported by rail
February 24, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterTransport Canada (TC) and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) announced on Friday that they will conduct a field exercise this weekend designed to improve Canada’s response capabilities in the event of an incident involving a train carrying flammable liquids,…
Transport Canada urged to ‘identify appropriate mitigating strategies’ to reduce severity of derailments involving dangerous goods
February 17, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe federal transport department should study the factors involved in severity of train derailments involving dangerous goods, Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Thursday. TSB – a separate organization from Transport Canada that investigates rail, aviation, marine and pipeline incidents…
Pipeline progress means crude by rail slowdown could be much more long term
February 1, 2017 Ian Bickis - THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY – The rumble of crude-oil-laden rail cars though Canadian towns won’t be silenced any time soon, but progress on the Line 3, Trans Mountain and Keystone XL pipelines means there could be far fewer in the future. “Down the…