Archive for the 'Fire' Category
• May 26, 2014 •
Comments Off on Fire Departments Poorly Prepared for Oil Train Fires
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, Fire, shipping oil by rail
Tags: Association of American Railroads, Canadian National Railway, Cherry Valley, Chicago, CN Railway Derailments Other Accidents and Incidents, derailments, Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railway, explosion, fire, shipping oil by rail
• 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 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 31, 2013 •
Comments Off on CN Profits Soar While Derailment Impacts Escalate
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Fire, Railway Association of Canada, shipping oil by rail, Spills
Tags: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, corruption, fires, Railway Association of Canada, shipping oil by rail, spills
• 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
• October 19, 2013 •
Comments Off on Latest CN Derailment in Alberta Causes Explosion and Fire
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, Fire, shipping oil by rail
Tags: anhydrous ammonia, Brampton, Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN explosion, CN fire, Gainford, Landis, Sexsmith, shipping oil by rail
• September 25, 2013 •
Comments Off on More Canadian National Railway Derailments and Spills
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Fire, shipping oil by rail, Spills
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN environmental impacts, deaths, Lac Megantic, railroad fires, railway spills, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada
• July 16, 2013 •
Comments Off on Death Toll from Crude Oil Derailment and Explosion Climbs to 38
Posted in Derailment, Fire, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: crude oil spill, deaths, derailment, Lac Megantic, shipping oil by rail, Transport 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
• March 7, 2013 •
Comments Off on CN Railway Derailments, Other Accidents and Incidents
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Fire, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), Railway Association of Canada, shipping oil by rail, Spills, too long trains, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: CN death, CN derailments, CN spill, shipping oil by rail
• January 4, 2013 •
Comments Off on Short Notice Provided on Proposed Crude Oil Rail Loading Facility
Posted in Canadian Pacific Railway, CP Railway, Derailment, Fire, Health impact, Leaks, Noise and vibration, Property devaluation, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Smell, Spills, visual impacts
Tags: Gibson Energy Partnership, USD Terminals 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 10, 2012 •
Comments Off on Number of CN Derailments Grows
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Fire, Safety, Spills
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN environmental impacts, CN fire, CN Railway, CN spill, move petroleum by rail, negative CN safety record
• April 6, 2012 •
Comments Off on CP Risks Losing Customers If They Hire Ex-CN Boss
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Community relations, Conservation, CP Railway, Environmental impact, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Fire, Fred Green, Health impact, Hunter Harrison, Imperial Oil, Landowner notification, Legislation, Noise and vibration, Property devaluation, Proximity, Rail yard, Railway Association of Canada, Safety, Smell, Socio-economic impact, Strathcona County
Tags: breach of federal legislation, Bretona ConservAction Area, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd community relations, Cando Contracting Ltd environmental impacts, Cando Contracting Ltd landowner notification, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN community relations, CN compensation, CN cost-cutting, CN customer relations, CN customer service, CN employee relations, CN environmental impacts, CN environmental policy, CN fire, CN health impacts, CN landowner notification, CN privatization, CN profits, CN property devaluation, CN rail yard, CN Railway, CN safety, CP Railway, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Fred Green, Hunter Harrison, Imperial Oil community relations, Imperial Oil environmental impacts, Imperial Oil environmental policy, Imperial Oil Ltd., Railway Association of Canada, Strathcona County, wildlife conservation
• February 27, 2012 •
Comments Off on CN Rail Blamed for Fatal Train Derailment
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Fire, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), Safety, Spills
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN cost-cutting, CN death, CN derailments, CN explosion, CN fire, CN injury, CN Railway, CN spill, National Transportation Safety Board
• 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
• September 17, 2011 •
Comments Off on Hazardous Rail Yards
Posted in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Environmental impact, Environmental Protection Agency, Fire, Health impact, Imperial Oil, Legislation, Proximity, Rail yard, Safety, Spills, Strathcona County, U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
Tags: breach of federal legislation, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Environmental Protection Agency, Hobson Rail Yard, Imperial Oil Ltd., rail yard, rail yard environmental impact, rail yard fires, rail yard health impacts, rail yard safety, rail yard spills, Strathcona County, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
• August 11, 2011 •
Comments Off on CN Tries to Ignore Wildfire Damages
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Community relations, Conservation, Environmental impact, Fire, Safety
Tags: Bretona ConservAction Area, Canadian National Railway, CN community relations, CN compensation, CN environmental impacts, CN fire impacts, CN Railway, CN safety impacts, Strathcona County, wildlife conservation
• June 24, 2011 •
Comments Off on CN Should Fix Existing Rail Lines
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Claude Mongeau, CN Railway, Conservation, Derailment, Fire, Noise and vibration, Safety, Spills
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Claude Mongeau, CN customer service, CN derailments, CN fire impacts, CN Railway, CN safety impacts, deteriorating rail infrastructure, lawsuit against CN, railway environmental impact, Railway noise and vibration, railway tanker car spills, wildlife conservation
• May 18, 2011 •
Comments Off on CN Wildfire Burns Conservation Area
Posted in Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Conservation, Environmental impact, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Fire, Health impact, Imperial Oil, Landowner notification, Legislation, Noise and vibration, Petition, Proximity, Rail yard, Railway Association of Canada, Safety, Socio-economic impact, Spills
Tags: breach of federal legislation, Bretona ConservAction Area, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN environmental impacts, CN fire impacts, CN health impacts, CN Rail, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Imperial Oil Ltd., landowner notification, rail yard, rail yard noise and vibration, rail yard spills, Railway Association of Canada, railway safety, 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
