• March 1, 2015 •
Comments Off on Aging Track Caused Canadian National Railway Fiery Derailment – Gainford
Posted in Derailment
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway Derailments Other Accidents and Incidents, crude oil, dangerous goods, deteriorating rail infrastructure, explosion, fire, Gainford Alberta, propane, safety, spill, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, worn rail
• February 23, 2015 •
Comments Off on New Tank Cars No Safer than Older Ones
Posted in shipping oil by rail
Tags: Alberta tar sands, Bakken crude oil, Canadian National Railway, CN Railway Derailments Other Accidents and Incidents, CPC-1232, CSX, DOT-111 tank car, Lac Megantic, puncture, shipping oil by rail, spills, Timmins Ontario, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, West Virginia
• February 16, 2015 •
Comments Off on “Safe Rail Communities” Aims to Improve Rail Safety
Posted in shipping oil by rail
Tags: Auditor-General, Bomb Trains, Canada Transportation Act Review Panel, crude oil, DOT-111 tank car, Environmental Petition, Lac Megantic, public petition, rail safety, Safe Rail Communities, shipping oil by rail, train derailments, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• August 27, 2014 •
Comments Off on Canadian National Railway Routinely Does Not Report Derailments
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway Derailments Other Accidents and Incidents, CN stock, derailments, Emily Hamer, Jim Feeny, lawsuit, shareholders, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• July 13, 2014 •
Comments Off on Dangerous Goods Rail Accidents Rising Following Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster
Posted in Derailment, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: dangerous goods, derailments, explosions, fires, Harry Gow, Lac Megantic, railway accidents, shipping oil by rail, Transport Action Canada, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• April 26, 2014 •
Comments Off on B.C. Train Derailments Jump 21% in 2013
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Derailment, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: British Columbia, British Columbia Railway, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, derailments, Mayor Ralph Drew, oil spills, pipelines, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• April 18, 2014 •
Comments Off on More Unreported Derailments in Canada – How Safe are Our Railroads?
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Derailment, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, dangerous goods, derailments, Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway, rail safety, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, unreported accidents
• April 2, 2014 •
Comments Off on Outdated DOT-111 Rail Tank Cars Need to be Replaced Faster
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Derailment, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, derailments, DOT-111 tank car, hazardous goods, Lac Megantic, safety, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Wendy Tadros
• March 29, 2014 •
Comments Off on Increase in Rail Accidents, Fatalities and Spills Over Previous Year
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, collisions, dangerous goods, derailments, fatalities, incidents, railway accidents, spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• March 18, 2014 •
Comments Off on Federal Government Shares Blame for Lac-Megantic Rail Disaster
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., Derailment, Imperial Oil, Safety
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, derailment, Lac Megantic, Mike Bradley, Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway, safety, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• March 2, 2014 •
Comments Off on Is There Meaningful Progress in Improving Rail Tank Car Safety?
Posted in Federation of Canadian Municipalities, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), Safety, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, DOT-111, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, National Transportation Safety Board, rail safety, shipping oil by rail, tank cars, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• January 11, 2014 •
Comments Off on CN Train Carrying Crude Oil and Propane Derails and Catches Fire – Update
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Fire, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN fire, CN Railway, integrity, Plaster Rock, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• January 6, 2014 •
Comments Off on Another Oil Train Derailment – Rail Crews Call Them “Bomb Trains”
Posted in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Derailment, Fire, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, derailment, fires, Lac Megantic, National Transportation Safety Board, rail safety, Sheldon Lustig, shipping oil, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• December 14, 2013 •
Comments Off on Transport Canada has Ignored Repeated Warnings about Rail Safety
Posted in Deteriorating rail infrastructure, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: dangerous goods, deteriorating rail infrastructure, Lac Megantic, rail safety, railway spills, shipping oil by rail, Tom Mulcair, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• December 13, 2013 •
Comments Off on Canadian National Railway Failed to Report Hundreds of Derailments
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, U.S. Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Surface Transportation Board
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN fine, CN Rail, criminal misconduct, shareholders, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, U.S. Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Surface Transportation Board
• December 7, 2013 •
Comments Off on Canadian National Railway Accidents and Incidents in Northern B.C.
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Fire, Safety, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: BC Northern Health, Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, James Haggerstone, railroad fires, railway spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• October 20, 2013 •
Comments Off on Update on Canadian National Railway Tank Car Explosions and Fire in Gainford
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, Fire, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN explosion, CN fire, Gainford, Greenpeace, Olivia Chow, state of emergency, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• September 24, 2013 •
Comments Off on CN Considering Shipping Alberta Crude Oil to Prince Rupert by Rail
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, shipping oil by rail, Tar sands, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN Railway, Lac Megantic, Nexen Inc., shipping oil by rail, tar sands, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• July 30, 2013 •
Comments Off on Update on Lac-Megantic Crude Oil Derailment, Spill, Explosion and Fires
Posted in Derailment, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: deadly rail disaster, environmental rail disaster, Lac Megantic, Mark Winfield, Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway, railway safety, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• July 7, 2013 •
Comments Off on Train Derailment Causes Massive Crude Oil Explosion and Fires
Posted in Canada Safety Council, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Fire, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: crude oil spill, deaths, derailment, Lac Megantic, shipping oil by rail, Thomas Mulcair, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• April 10, 2013 •
Comments Off on Two Railway Crude Oil Spills Within a Week
Posted in Canadian Pacific Railway, CP Railway, Derailment, pipelines, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Association of American Railroads, Canadian Pacific Railway, railway tanker car spills, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• October 29, 2012 •
Comments Off on CN’s Crude by Rail
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN safety, CN's Crude by Rail, National Transportation Safety Board, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• October 15, 2012 •
Comments Off on CN Derailment Caused by Weakened Track Structure
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, Deteriorating rail infrastructure, Safety, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN safety, deteriorating rail infrastructure, double-stacking, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• September 30, 2012 •
Comments Off on CN Worker Death Caused by Lack of Safety Measures
Posted in Canada Safety Council, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., Imperial Oil, Rail yard, Strathcona County, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail
Tags: Cando Contracting Ltd., CN death, Imperial Oil Ltd., rail yard safety, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail
• September 29, 2012 •
Comments Off on Flawed Rail Caused CN Derailment
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, Deteriorating rail infrastructure, Spills, too long trains, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: CN derailments, CN Rail, CN toxic chemical spills, deteriorating rail infrastructure, too long trains, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• July 30, 2012 •
Comments Off on CN Rail Profits Increase at What Expense?
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN privatization, CN Railway, compensation, Conservation, Derailment, Deteriorating rail infrastructure, emergency response times, Environmental impact, Fire, fish kill, Health impact, lawsuit, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), Noise and vibration, Rail yard, Safety, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN compensation, CN derailments, CN environmental impacts, CN fire impacts, CN fish kills, CN health impacts, CN privatization, CN profits, CN Railway, CN safety, CN toxic chemical spills, container stacking, deteriorating rail infrastructure, emergency response times, lawsuit against CN, National Transportation Safety Board, rail yard, Railway noise and vibration, too long trains, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, wildlife conservation
• July 4, 2012 •
Comments Off on Move Oil by Tanker Rail Cars or Pipelines?
Posted in Alf Nunweiler, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Conservation, Derailment, Environmental impact, fish kill, Imperial Oil, John Kristensen, Leaks, Rail yard, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Strathcona County, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Alf Nunweiler, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., Cheakamus River fish kill, CN bird kills, CN death, CN derailments, CN fish kills, CN rail yard, CN Railway, CN toxic chemical spills, CN Ultratrain spill, CN Wabamun Lake spill, Enbridge, Imperial Oil Ltd., John Kristensen, move petroleum by rail, negative CN safety record, Northern Gateway Pipeline, pipeline leaks, rail yard proximity, railway environmental impact, railway tanker car leaks, railway tanker car spills, shipping bitumen, shipping oil by rail, Strathcona County, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, wildlife conservation
• March 13, 2012 •
Comments Off on Canadians have Reason to Fear Train Safety
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Jeff Willsie, Ontario Southern Railway, Rail and Reason, Safety, Spills, Transport Infrastructure & Communities, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN engineer medical records, Jeff Willsie, Ontario Southern Railway, Rail and Reason, railway industry profits, railway safety, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail derailment, Via Rail fuel spill, Via Rail injuries
• March 1, 2012 •
Comments Off on Editorial Blames CN for Via Rail Crash
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Emile Therien, Olivia Chow, Railway Safety Management System, Safety, Transport Infrastructure & Communities, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Emile Therien, lawsuit against CN, Olivia Chow, positive train control system, rail voice recorder, railway safety, Railway Safety Management System, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail deaths, Via Rail derailment, Via Rail injuries
• February 27, 2012 •
Comments Off on Three Dead in Via Rail Derailment
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Safety, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, railway safety, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail deaths, Via Rail derailment, Via Rail injuries
• January 23, 2012 •
Comments Off on More CN Derailments
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, CP Railway, Derailment, Deteriorating rail infrastructure, Fire, Hunter Harrison, lawsuit, Rail yard, Safety, Spills, Transport Infrastructure & Communities, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN death, CN derailments, CN explosion, CN fire, CN injury, CN Railway, CN spill, CP Railway, deteriorating rail infrastructure, Hunter Harrison, lawsuit against CN, railway safety, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• August 30, 2011 •
Comments Off on CN Petroleum Distillate Leak
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Health impact, Leaks, Safety, Spills, Strathcona County, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN health impacts, CN Railway, CN safety impacts, CN tanker car leaks, CN toxic chemical spills, Scotford Rail Yard, Strathcona County, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• April 25, 2011 •
Comments Off on CN’s Knuckles Rapped Again
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Legislation, Safety, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: breach of federal legislation, Canadian National Railway, CN culture of fear, CN derailments, CN employee relations, CN Rail, CN safety impacts, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• March 28, 2011 •
Comments Off on More CN Derailments
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Health impact, Safety, Socio-economic impact, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN environmental impacts, CN fire, CN health impacts, CN Rail, CN safety impacts, CN spill, move petroleum by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• February 27, 2011 •
Comments Off on Derailments Caused by Too Long Trains?
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, CP Railway, Derailment, Safety, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN Railway, CP Railway, railway safety, too long trains, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• January 7, 2011 •
Comments Off on More CN Railway Derailments
Posted in bird kills, Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, compensation, Derailment, fish kill, Health impact, Safety, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN bird kills, CN compensation, CN derailments, CN fish kills, CN health impacts, CN Railway, CN safety impacts, CN toxic chemical spills, Lake Wabamun CN spill disaster, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• December 23, 2010 •
Comments Off on CN $250K Fine a Success Story
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Transportation Agency, CN Railway, Safety, TRAC, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, U.S. Surface Transportation Board
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Transportation Agency, CN fine, CN Railway, CN safety impacts, The Regional Answer to Canadian National, TRAC, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, U.S. Surface Transportation Board
• December 3, 2010 •
Comments Off on Railway Risky Way to Move Oil
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Conservation, CP Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Imperial Oil, John Kristensen, Rail yard, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Strathcona County
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN derailments, CN environmental impacts, CN petroleum spill, CN rail yard, CN Railway, CN toxic chemical spills, CP Railway, Imperial Oil Ltd., John Kristensen, move petroleum by rail, negative CN safety record, shipping oil by rail, Strathcona County, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, wildlife conservation
• December 1, 2010 •
Comments Off on Railways Not Safer than Pipelines
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, CP Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN bird kills, CN derailments, CN fish kills, CN petroleum spill, CN Railway, CN toxic chemical spills, CN Wabamun Lake spill, CP derailment, CP Railway, move petroleum by rail, railway environmental impact, railway safety, shipping oil by rail, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• November 26, 2010 •
Comments Off on A String of CN Derailments
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Conservation, Derailment, Imperial Oil, Rail yard, Safety, Spills, Strathcona County, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN derailments, CN Railway, CN safety impacts, CN Scotford Rail Yard, CN toxic chemical spills, Imperial Oil Ltd., rail yard, rail yard fires, Strathcona County, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, wildlife conservation
• October 31, 2010 •
Comments Off on Canadian National Railway Image
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Fire, Rail yard, Safety, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN employee relations, CN environmental impacts, CN fire, CN rail yard, CN Railway, CN safety, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
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