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Transport committee 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 wer
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee New Brunswick East Coast is a provincially regulated railway, not a federally regulated one. We do some enforcement on them, but through a memorandum of understanding.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee VIA Rail has an obligation to make sure the lines they're running on are safe. That's part of their mandate. They're not going to get into a contractual agreement if it's not safe.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Which line goes from Halifax to Montreal?
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Yes, but I don't know of any line other than CN that goes from Montreal to Halifax. I know which line goes there, but I don't know which one you're referring to.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Maybe they own a portion of it, but not across the province.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee I could look into it to give you an exact answer. But if it goes across several provinces, its automatically a federal railway. If it's provincial, it's because it's confined to one province. The line that links Montreal to Halifax is owned by CN.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee I doubt it.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Yes, we call it Chemin du Golfe et de La Matapédia. That's a provincial railway under the Province of Quebec.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee I don't think it does.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Yes.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee It's 36 in total right now.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Could you just repeat that?
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Other than the measure we took by putting special emphasis on track and on some of the equipment, no, we're just more out there than we were before.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Train speed is determined by the track safety rules, and actually if they meet the parameters we have in the track safety rules, that's how we allow speed. When we inspect the track, there are six different categories. If the condition of the track meets, let's say, a class one t
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon