FRA must be aware that Canadian Pacific will not and cannot make a promise to limit freight traffic on this rail line, due to its own future predictions of economic need. Even if no additional freight trains are put on…
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…
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…
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…
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…
