The CN worker killed by Wednesday's derailment in northern BC was a 30-year old from Dawson Creek. Bryan Giesbrecht was in a remote area nearly 250-kilometres northwest of Fort St. John when a car carrying diesel went off the tracks and crushed him. It happened during a routine switching of the tank. Several investigations are now underway. CKNW … [Read more...]
Train derailment taints rail safety week
April 30, 2012 by
Rail safety week is getting off to a bad start in British Columbia, thanks to the derailment of a CP coal train east of Salmon Arm. Ten cars went off the tracks around 5:30 this morning near Canoe. No one was hurt, but the cause is under investigation. The incident comes as CN rail re-launches “operation lifesaver” a … [Read more...]
Drugs, cellphones tied to B.C. derailment
October 9, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Marijuana and cellphone use have been implicated in the crash and derailment of two Canadian Pacific Railway trains in southeastern B.C.A report from the Transportation Safety Board finds the engineer of an eastbound train had traces of marijuana in his system after his freight overran a stop signal and rammed the side of a westbound … [Read more...]
