At County Council: Train whistle, admin efficiencies, rec collaboration
Transport Canada requires trains to blow their whistles whenever they approach a public grade crossing to keep people safe. But those whistles can ...
New railway safety gates enable White Rock to ban train horn-blowing in city
The city, BNSF, and Transport Canada joined together to install 16 gates at eight entry ... Accordingly, the BNSF issued a general order that instructs train crews to stop sounding their horns at the eight promenade crossings, effective ...
White Rock toots its own horn as promise to silence trains is delivered
But at the federal level, Transport Canada grappled with how to keep ... the occasional horn as crews adjust to the new requirements at the crossings.
White Rock train whistles to be silenced at end of month
The eight crossings had to be upgraded according to Transport Canada standards. ... We had to create new rail crossings,” Kristjanson says. “The rail ...
White Rock BNSF train whistles to be silenced by end of month
BACKGROUND: City of White Rock hopes to have train whistles muted ... funding crossing upgrades to meet the new Transport Canada regulations, ...