Archive for the 'Safety' Category
• November 19, 2014 •
Comments Off on Railway Companies’ Bottom Line Continues to Trump Safety
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Derailment, Safety
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, derailments, hazardous and dangerous goods, Lac Megantic, Mark Winfield, Peggy Nash, rail safety, Safe Rail Communities, Transport Canada
• July 24, 2014 •
Comments Off on Oil Train Accidents on Rise as U.S. Proposes New Safety Rules
Posted in Derailment, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills
Tags: American Petroleum Institute, Association of American Railroads, derailments, DOT-111 tank car, Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety, hazardous goods, oil spills, rail safety, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada, U.S. Department of Transportation
• May 13, 2014 •
Comments Off on Concerns Grow about Secret Railway Hazardous Goods Information
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Safety
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Claude Dauphin, CN, Doug Reycraft, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, hazardous goods, safety, secret, Wayne Baldwin
• 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Comments Off on Outdated DOT-111 Rail Tank Cars Need to be Replaced Faster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 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 7, 2014 •
Comments Off on U.S. Senate Conducts Hearing on Rail Safety
Posted 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
• March 5, 2014 •
Comments Off on Excessively Long and Heavy Trains Opposed by Railroad Workers’ Group
Posted in blocked railway crossings, Derailment, emergency response times, Safety, too long trains
Tags: blocked railway crossings, derailments, emergency services response times, fatigue, Railroad Workers United, safety, too long and heavy trains, wrecks
• March 4, 2014 •
Comments Off on U.S. Railroads Agree to Transport Oil More Safely
Posted in Derailment, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), Safety, shipping oil by rail
Tags: Association of American Railroads, derailments, DOT-111 tank car, ethanol, National Transportation Safety Board, rail safety, shipping crude oil by rail, U.S. Transportation Department
• 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
• December 16, 2013 •
Comments Off on Canadian National Railway “Put Profits Over Safety” Says Attorney
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), Rail yard, Safety, U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN Rail, National Transportation Safety Board, rail safety, rail yard, runaway train, U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
• 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 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 15, 2013 •
Comments Off on Pipelines Safer Than Railways – New Study
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Claude Mongeau, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills
Tags: Association of American Railroads, Canadian National Railway, Claude Mongeau, CN Railway, Intermodal Safety in the Transport of Oil, pipeline spills, railway spills, shipping oil by rail, Teamsters 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 10, 2013 •
Comments Off on Shipping Oil by Rail is Disastrous
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Olivia Chow, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Lac Megantic, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada
• January 23, 2013 •
Comments Off on CN Derailment Points to Weak Transport Canada
Posted 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
• 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
• January 2, 2013 •
Comments Off on No Public Accountability When Crude Oil is Shipped by Rail
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, pipelines, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills
Tags: CN Wabamun Lake spill, CN's Crude by Rail, Pembina Institute, Sheldon Lustig, Sierra Club, Simon Dyer, Wayde Schafer
• December 31, 2012 •
Comments Off on Rail Transport of Crude Oil Far More Risky than Pipelines
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.), Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, too long trains
Tags: Association of American Railroads, CN derailments, CN toxic spills, shipping oil by rail
• 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
• 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
• 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
• June 8, 2012 •
Comments Off on Update on Imperial Oil
Posted in Community relations, Conservation, Environmental impact, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Imperial Oil, lawsuit, Leaks, Rail yard, Railway Association of Canada, Safety, Syncrude, Tar sands, Tourism, toxic waste site
Tags: Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Imperial Oil community relations, Imperial Oil environmental impacts, Imperial Oil environmental policy, Imperial Oil lawsuit, Imperial Oil Ltd., Imperial Oil safety impacts, Imperial Oil Sarnia refinery, Imperial Oil tourism impacts, Imperial Oil toxic waste site, petroleum leak, polluter pays, rail yard, Railway Association of Canada, Syncrude, Syncrude Royalty Project, tar sands, wildlife conservation
• 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
• 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 3, 2012 •
Comments Off on Another Train Disaster Just Waiting to Happen
Posted in Canada Safety Council, CP Railway, Derailment, Emile Therien, Safety, Transport Infrastructure & Communities, Via Rail
Tags: Canada Safety Council, CP derailment, CP Railway, Emile Therien, railway safety, Transport Canada, Via Rail derailment
• 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
• 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 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
• August 24, 2011 •
Comments Off on Don’t Ship Oil by Rail
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, fish kill, John Kristensen, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN environmental impacts, CN fish kills, CN petroleum spill, CN Railway, CN safety, CN toxic chemical spills, CN Ultratrain spill, CN Wabamun Lake spill, John Kristensen, move petroleum by rail, shipping oil by rail
• 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
• July 20, 2011 •
Comments Off on More Trouble for Imperial Oil
Posted in Conservation, Environmental impact, ExxonMobil, Imperial Oil, Leaks, Megaloads, Safety, Socio-economic impact, Tar sands, Tourism
Tags: ExxonMobil, Imperial Oil compensation, Imperial Oil environmental impacts, Imperial Oil impacts on Aboriginal people, Imperial Oil leaking gas wells, Imperial Oil Ltd., Imperial Oil megaloads, Imperial Oil safety impacts, Imperial Oil socio-economic impacts, Imperial Oil tar sands, Imperial Oil tourism impacts, lawsuit against ExxonMobil
• 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 24, 2011 •
Comments Off on Petition to Shut Down Bretona Rail Yard
Posted in Bruce March, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., Claude Mongeau, CN Railway, Conservation, Environment Canada, Gord Peters, Health impact, Imperial Oil, Landowner notification, Legislation, Leon Benoit (MP), Noise and vibration, Peter Kent, Petition, Property devaluation, Proximity, Rail yard, Rob Merrifield, Safety, Smell, Socio-economic impact, Spills, Transport Infrastructure & Communities
Tags: breach of Alberta legislation, breach of federal legislation, Bruce March, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., Claude Mongeau, CN Railway, Environment Canada, Gord Peters, Imperial Oil Ltd., landowner notification, Leon Benoit MP, Peter Kent, rail yard, rail yard health impacts, rail yard noise and vibration, rail yard property devaluation, rail yard safety, rail yard smell, rail yard socio-economic impacts, rail yard spills, Railroaded petition, Rob Merrifield, Strathcona County, Transport Canada, 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
• April 26, 2011 •
Comments Off on Breach of Environmental Legislation – CN, Cando Contracting Ltd. and Imperial Oil
Posted in Alberta Environment, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Conservation, Environment Canada, Environmental impact, Health impact, Imperial Oil, Legislation, Leon Benoit (MP), Proximity, Rail yard, Safety, Socio-economic impact, Spills, Strathcona County, Transport Infrastructure & Communities
Tags: Alberta Environment, breach of Alberta legislation, breach of federal legislation, Bretona ConservAction Area, Bretona Pond Buck-for-Wildlife Area, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Rail, drainage pattern alteration, Environment Canada, Environmental Impact Assessment, Imperial Oil Ltd., Leon Benoit MP, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, rail yard, rail yard environmental impact, rail yard health impacts, rail yard spills, Strathcona County, Transport Canada, wildlife conservation
• 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
• March 16, 2011 •
Comments Off on Canadian National in Court Again
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Environmental impact, Health impact, Legislation, Noise and vibration, Property devaluation, Safety, Smell, Socio-economic impact, Spills, TRAC, U.S. Surface Transportation Board
Tags: breach of federal legislation, Canadian National Railway, CN environmental impacts, CN health impacts, CN property devaluation, CN Rail, CN safety, CN spill, Elgin Joliet & Eastern Rail Line, Railway noise and vibration, railway smell impacts, The Regional Answer to Canadian National, TRAC, train blockages, U.S. Surface Transportation Board
• 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
• February 10, 2011 •
Comments Off on Albertans Upset Over Rail Noise
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Health impact, Noise and vibration, Safety, Strathcona County, Transport Infrastructure & Communities
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, CN train whistles, railway health impacts, Railway noise and vibration, railway safety, Strathcona County, Transport Canada, Wildwood Alberta
• February 7, 2011 •
Comments Off on CN Railway Hinton Disaster 25 Years Ago
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Legislation, Safety
Tags: breach of federal legislation, Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN Rail deaths, CN Railway, CN safety, Hinton Alberta railway disaster, Via Rail deaths, Via Rail derailment
• January 23, 2011 •
Comments Off on Tracking Harm: Impacts of Rail Yards
Posted in Environmental impact, Health impact, Noise and vibration, Rail and Reason, Safety, Smell, Socio-economic impact
Tags: California Air Resources Board, Rail and Reason, rail yard environmental impact, rail yard health impacts, rail yard noise and vibration, rail yard proximity, rail yard safety, rail yard smell, rail yard socio-economic impacts
• 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 10, 2010 •
Comments Off on Rail Yard Fight has Just Begun
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Conservation, Environmental impact, Health impact, Imperial Oil, Landowner notification, Noise and vibration, Property devaluation, Proximity, Rail yard, Railway Association of Canada, Safety, Smell, Socio-economic impact, Strathcona County
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Imperial Oil Ltd., landowner notification, rail yard, rail yard environmental impact, rail yard health impacts, rail yard noise and vibration, rail yard property devaluation, rail yard proximity, rail yard safety, rail yard smell, rail yard socio-economic impacts, Railway Association of Canada, Strathcona County, wildlife conservation
• 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
• November 26, 2010 •
Comments Off on Enhanced Railroaded Website
Posted in Bolivar Heights, Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, CURES, Edmonton Tamarack Train Protest, Environmental impact, Health impact, Noise and vibration, Nous es les trains, Plainfield Village Board, Property devaluation, Quayside Community Board, Rail and Reason, Safety, Socio-economic impact, The Regional Answer to Canadian National, TRAC
Tags: Bolivar Heights, Canadian National Railway, Civics United for Railroad Environmental Solutions, CN Railway, CURES, Edmonton Tamarack Train Protest, Nous es les trains, Plainfield Village Board, Quayside Community Board, Rail and Reason, railway environmental impact, railway health impacts, Railway noise and vibration, railway safety, The Regional Answer to Canadian National, TRAC
• November 7, 2010 •
Comments Off on First Petroleum Tank Cars Stored
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Conservation, Environmental impact, Health impact, Imperial Oil, Noise and vibration, Property devaluation, Proximity, Rail yard, Safety, Socio-economic impact, Spills, visual impacts
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Imperial Oil Ltd., rail yard, rail yard environmental impact, rail yard health impacts, rail yard noise and vibration, rail yard property devaluation, rail yard proximity, rail yard safety, rail yard socio-economic impacts, rail yard spills, rail yard visual impact, 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
• October 21, 2010 •
Comments Off on CN Already Using Rail Yard
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Conservation, Proximity, Rail yard, Safety
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, rail yard, rail yard proximity, rail yard safety, wildlife conservation
• October 18, 2010 •
Comments Off on MP Leon Benoit’s Role in Rail Yard
Posted in Alberta Environment, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Conservation, Environmental impact, Health impact, Imperial Oil, Leon Benoit (MP), Property devaluation, Rail yard, Safety, Strathcona County
Tags: Alberta Environment, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Rail, Imperial Oil Ltd., Leon Benoit MP, rail yard, rail yard environmental impact, rail yard health impacts, rail yard property devaluation, rail yard safety, Strathcona County, wildlife conservation
• October 11, 2010 •
Comments Off on Cando Ruins Another Holiday
Posted in Cando Contracting Ltd., Dust, Kichton Contracting Ltd., Noise and vibration, Rail yard, Safety
Tags: Cando Contracting Ltd., CN rail yard, Kichton Contracting Ltd., railway disturbance, Railway noise and vibration, railway safety
• September 30, 2010 •
Comments Off on Construction Noise and Damage
Posted in Cando Contracting Ltd., Dust, Kichton Contracting Ltd., Noise and vibration, Rail yard, Safety, Strathcona County
Tags: Cando Contracting Ltd., CN rail yard, Kichton Contracting Ltd., Railway noise and vibration, railway safety, school bus safety, Strathcona County
• August 19, 2010 •
Comments Off on CN Train Derails – Fort Saskatchewan
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN privatization, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Imperial Oil, Proximity, Rail yard, Safety, Strathcona County
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN derailments, CN privatization, CN rail yard, Imperial Oil Ltd., rail yard proximity, rail yard safety, railway environmental impact, Scotford CN rail yard, Strathcona County
• July 28, 2010 •
Comments Off on Dealing with Rail Yard Construction Activities
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Dust, Imperial Oil, Kichton Contracting Ltd., Noise and vibration, Proximity, Rail yard, Safety
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Imperial Oil Ltd., Kichton Contracting Ltd., rail yard construction activity impacts, rail yard noise and vibration, rail yard proximity, rail yard safety
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