Rail transportation

Potential brake valve failures on cars that have been in long term storage

Place du Centre
200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor
Gatineau QC  K1A 1K8

19 July 2018

Safety advisory letter 617-04/18
Related occurrence: R18E0007

Letter addressed to Transport Canada

Subject: Rail Safety Advisory Letter – 617-04/18: Potential brake valve failures on cars that have been in long term storage

Securement of loads on flat cars equipped with an A-frame structure

Place du Centre
200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor
Gatineau QC  K1A 1K8

09 October 2018

Safety advisory letter 617-07/18
Related occurrence: R18D0069

Letter addressed to Transport Canada

Subject: Rail Safety Advisory Letter – 617-07/18: Securement of loads on flat cars equipped with an A-frame structure

Visual verification method to ensure secure coupling of rail cars

Place du Centre
200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor
Gatineau QC  K1A 1K8

14 November 2018

Safety advisory letter 617-05/18
Related occurrence: R17V0096

Letter addressed to:
Transport Canada
Technical Safety BC
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Association of Canada
Western Canadian Short Line Railway Association

Breach in the fence of the public walkway fastened to the St-Maurice River bridge

Place du Centre
200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor
Gatineau QC  K1A 1K8

14 November 2018

Safety advisory letter 617-08/18
Related occurrence: R18Q0075

Letter addressed to Transport Canada

Subject: Rail Safety Advisory Letter – 617-08/18: Breach in the fence of the public walkway fastened to the St-Maurice River bridge

Securement of cars that are considered “attended” during yard switching operations

Place du Centre
200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor
Gatineau QC  K1A 1K8

21 March 2019

Safety advisory letter 617-02/19
Related occurrence: R18M0037

Letter addressed to Transport Canada

Subject: Rail Safety Advisory Letter – 617-02/19: Securement of cars that are considered “attended” during yard switching operations

VIA trains coming into contact with track materials placed between the rails in preparation for track work

Place du Centre
200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor
Gatineau QC  K1A 1K8

25 March 2019

Safety advisory letter 617-03/19
Related occurrence: R19H0021, R19M00157

Letter addressed to:
Canadian National Railway Company
VIA Rail Canada Inc.

Clearing trains through Rule 42 work limits

Place du Centre
200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor
Gatineau QC  K1A 1K8

16 November 2018

Safety advisory letter 617-09/18
Related occurrence: R18H0105

Letter addressed to:
Director General, Rail Safety
Transport Canada
14th Floor, Enterprise Building
427 Laurier Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5

Prevention of uncontrolled train movements for trains stopped in emergency on grades of less than 1.8%

Place du Centre
4th Floor
200 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 1K8

11 April 2019

617-04-19
R19C0015

Air brake system inspection and maintenance on grain hopper cars used in CP unit train operation

Place du Centre
4th Floor
200 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 1K8

11 April 2019

617-05-19
R19C0015