Canadian government maintains safety requirements on CN
Transport Canada has retained a number of safety requirements upon Canadian National Railway Co.’s northbound trains in the Squamish area.
The decision comes after the completion of CN’s 60-day trial period on the rail line, following a series of derailments of CN trains traveling north between Squamish and Clinton in British Columbia.
A new 60-day Notice and Order stipulates that CN must retain the following safety requirements: restrictions on how empty cars are handled, tests throughout the route to verify distributed power is working properly, a CN supervisor to augment and train any new crew member on the route, reduction of the number of stops on route, and special stall and emergency stop procedures.
Transport Canada is allowing CN to increase the length of their distributed power operating northbound trains by 15 cars, in the Squamish area. However, the length of CN’s conventional trains operating northbound in the Squamish area will still be restricted to 80 cars.