We had a total of 53 inspectors on CN for a month. We looked at over 3,000 boxcars, 230 locomotives, over 900 crossings, 156 warning systems, and 2,000 miles of track. We made 386 observations for operating practices. There were several deficiencies, at different levels, that were addressed by CN.
For instance, we found a rate of about 21% for defects on cars. Those cars may not have led to a derailment; they were at several levels. We found a rate of defect of about 53% on locomotives, which also would range from something very minor.... We didn't find anything during those inspections that could cause a derailment, but we felt enough concern to ask CN to address all those problems. It was the same thing with track; there were some deficiencies that were fixed. Between us and CN, there were 36 slow orders that were imposed throughout the system.