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Forgetting air brakes cause of runaway train car in Saskatoon: TSB

  • March 20, 2018
  • Google Alert - railway, railroad, crossing, canada
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says the failure to use air brakes caused an empty freight car to roll uncontrolled out of Canadian Pacific's Sutherland Yard and onto the main train track. TSB released its report Tuesday into…

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Runaway CP rail car in Saskatoon highlights need to improve safety: Transportation Safety Board

  • March 20, 2018
  • Google Alert - railway, railroad, crossing, canada
  • News

Two years ago, an empty rail car detached from a string of cars in Saskatoon's Sutherland neighbourhood and rolled for a kilometre and a half through two public crossings in the east-side suburb. The Transportation Safety Board says this highlights…

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Continued risk of uncontrolled movements of rolling stock highlighted in 2016 incident in …

  • March 20, 2018
  • Google Alert - railway, railroad, crossing, canada
  • News

On 27 March 2016, at about 0235 Central Standard Time, an empty freight car separated from a train during remote control locomotive system switching operations at Canadian Pacific's Sutherland Yard in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Rolling uncontrolled, the car entered the main…

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Continued risk of uncontrolled movements of rolling stock highlighted in 2016 incident in …

  • March 20, 2018
  • Google Alert - transport canada railway crossings
  • News

Rolling uncontrolled, the car entered the main track, travelled about a mile, including through two public railway crossings, before coming to a stop. ... As a result of the TSB investigation into the 2013 Lac-Mégantic accident, the Board recommended that…

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Feds seize $1.4M in knockoff home sound systems at Minnesota border crossing

  • March 20, 2018
  • Google Alert - railway, railroad, crossing, canada
  • News

The discovery in a rail container, announced Monday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, occurred at the International Falls port of entry on the border with Canada. The merchandise consisted of 480 home theater systems falsely labeled as European-ba...

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