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Transport committee The Transportation Safety Board would have that information. We don't keep that at Transport Canada. And they would probably only have it for the accident they have investigated, which is not all of them.
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee We can request it from the railway. From time to time we do ask the railway to provide that information to us.
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Historically, the number one cause of train derailment has usually been the human factor, followed by track and equipment.
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee As far as the new car we purchased is concerned, that was a pilot project. We had never used a car like that one before. As you know, you cannot get to a railway crossing, get on board and go. You first need to obtain authorization from the railway companies to use the car on the
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Yes. That's under the Canada Labour Code, section 128, which is called the right to refuse. Every worker has the right to refuse if they believe they're subject to unsafe conditions, regardless of whether it's a train crew or a shop employee. Even someone in this room could do it
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee It's done under TSB right now.
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee That's the Transportation Safety Board, where people can call and report incidents anonymously. Usually when that happens, TSB will contact us and say they got a call. They won't tell us who called, and they will actually give us the circumstances of what happened. Usually we'll
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee With regard to notices, usually we will ask the railway to give us an answer or fix a certain situation within a certain timeframe. It's not an immediate threat, whereas with a notice and order, we will usually impose some operating restriction. For instance, if it's a defective
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee I know that CP has two. I think CN has two as well, but we could get you that number if you want.
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Yes.
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee It was a recommendation from the TSB, and right now it is included in our locomotive safety rules.
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee On main lines, yes they do.
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee It measures speed; it measures everything except voice.
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Oh, yes, absolutely. Plus, everyday when they leave with their train, they have their orders that will tell them if the track speed has been changed between one mileage point and another mileage point, so they know that usually it might be 60 miles an hour and now they have to go
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee No, I think the train crews respect speed. You can be fired if you.... If you come back with a train, one of the first things they can do is download the data from the event recorder to compare it with the allowable speed on the track and see if they were speeding. Usually train
December 11th, 2007Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon