Archive for the 'Deteriorating rail infrastructure' Category
U.S. Senate Conducts Hearing on Rail Safety
• March 7, 2014 • Comments Off on U.S. Senate Conducts Hearing on Rail SafetyPosted in Derailment, Deteriorating rail infrastructure, Safety, shipping oil by rail, too long trains
Tags: American Petroleum Institute, Association of American Railroads, derailments, deteriorating rail infrastructure, Keystone XL pipeline, National Transportation Safety Board, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, shipping crude oil by rail, too long and heavy trains, U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
Transport Canada has Ignored Repeated Warnings about Rail Safety
• December 14, 2013 • Comments Off on Transport Canada has Ignored Repeated Warnings about Rail SafetyPosted 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
CN Derailment Points to Weak Transport Canada
• January 23, 2013 • Comments Off on CN Derailment Points to Weak Transport CanadaPosted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Deteriorating rail infrastructure, Safety, too long trains, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Association of American Railroads, too heavy trains, too long trains, Wheel Impact Load Detectors
Failing Infrastructure Caused Another CN Derailment
• October 25, 2012 • Comments Off on Failing Infrastructure Caused Another CN DerailmentPosted 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, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
CN Derailment Caused by Weakened Track Structure
• October 15, 2012 • Comments Off on CN Derailment Caused by Weakened Track StructurePosted 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
Flawed Rail Caused CN Derailment
• September 29, 2012 • Comments Off on Flawed Rail Caused CN DerailmentPosted 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
CN Rail Profits Increase at What Expense?
• 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
More CN Derailments
• January 23, 2012 • Comments Off on More CN DerailmentsPosted 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