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Smoke rises from the site of burning railcars at a CP derailment near Guernsey, Sask., on Feb. 6, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Nayan Sthankiya)

Garneau re-adjusts train speed limits

New limits in place for 'key trains' with dangerous goods

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News February 18, 2020

Having cut speed limits for trains hauling dangerous goods following a fiery derailment earlier this month, federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is adjusting those limits for a “more targeted” approach. Garneau announced Sunday he has pulled his Feb. 6 ministerial order on speed limits and replaced it with a new one affecting so-called “key trains” […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

Canada to cut speed limits for trains hauling dangerous goods

New curb follows another Saskatchewan crash, fire

By David Ljunggren, Rod Nickel February 6, 2020

Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters — The federal government said Thursday it would impose temporary speed limits on trains hauling dangerous goods after a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) crude oil train derailed and caught fire. The accident, which happened in the early hours of Thursday near Guernsey, Sask., about 40 km south of Humboldt, was the second […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

Canada, U.S. toughen oil train safety standards

By Edward McAllister, patrick-rucker May 1, 2015

Washington/New York | Reuters — The U.S. and Canada on Friday announced long-awaited safety rules for trains carrying oil, as regulators seek to reduce risks after a series of explosive accidents that accompanied a surge in crude-by-rail shipments. The rules call for a rapid phase-out of older tank cars considered unsafe during derailments, and are […] Read more

Aerial view of Lac-Megantic after the July 2013 derailment and explosion that killed 47 people. (TSB.gc.ca)

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

Canada to set new speed limits on dangerous goods trains

By Reuters April 23, 2015

Updated April 25, 2015 — Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will immediately impose a new speed limit of 65 kilometres per hour for dangerous goods trains moving through urban areas with more than 100,000 people, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said Thursday. This is one of many measures the Conservative government has introduced since the July […] Read more

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