• 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
• December 30, 2014 •
Comments Off on Fish at Risk from Coal Fly Ash Spilled in Banff Derailment
Posted in Canadian Pacific Railway, Derailment
Tags: 40 Mile Creek, Banff National Park Alberta, Bow River, Bull Trout, Canadian Pacific Railway, coal fly ash, CP spill, dangerous goods, derailment, fish kill, rail safety, toxic, Westslope Cutthroat Trout
• December 12, 2014 •
Comments Off on Major Cities Don’t Want Dangerous Goods on Railways
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Derailment
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, dangerous goods, derailments, Mayor Bonnie Crombie, Mayor Drew Dilkens, Mayor John Tory, Mississauga, rail safety, Toronto, Transport Canada, Windsor
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 28, 2013 •
Comments Off on Odds and Sods
Posted in blocked railway crossings, Canadian National Railway, CN privatization, CN Railway, Noise and vibration, shipping oil by rail
Tags: blocked railway crossings, Canadian National Railway, CN privatization, CN Rail, criminal misconduct, rail safety, Railway noise and vibration, Rex Beatty, shipping oil by rail
• 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