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The crossing where Jobson was hit had neither barrier arms nor lights at the time. It only had crossbucks, white X-shaped signs on posts beside the rail line. Von Behr pushed for automated arms and lights at the rural crossing,…

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has begun to probe the circumstances leading to the fatal crash between a CN freight train and a snowplow in London . Malcolm Trudell, 26, was killed as he operated a Bobcat sidewalk plow…

Six new signs – reduced from the nine originally planned – will be built at road and railway crossings near the rail overpasses built during the project. ... The project is now being funded by the province, Transport Canada, and…

MONTREAL -- Canada's railway industry is waiting for the development of better technology before installing devices in this country that could slow trains to prevent accidents like the recent Amtrak derailment that killed three people and injured dozens. Gerald Gauthier,…

TSB said that when crossing risk assessments are based only on rail accidents, the real risks to the public can be underestimated. The TSB issued Rail Safety Advisory 10/17 suggesting that Transport Canada consider including accidents that occurred in ...