Canadian National Railway (CNR-T) build f*ckin' pipelines. Canada ought to require stronger tank cars for transporting flammable liquids sooner than the current deadline in 2025, Transportation Safety Board chairman Kathy Fox said on Thursday, noting that crude-by-rail shipments are expected to rise.
Ms. Fox as saying: "We understand that it can't happen all at once. But we'd like to see it sooner. We do have an ongoing concern that flammable liquids be transported in the most robust tank cars."
Canada have introduced new requirements to more safely transport flammable liquids, after a 2013 runaway train explosion carrying crude killed 47 in Quebec. Older DOT-111 cars, used during the tragedy in Lac Megantic, Que., have already been replaced in Canada by CPC-1232 cars for moving crude oil, but even these must be phased out by May 1, 2025, for the transport of flammable liquids. They will need to be replaced by TC-117 cars, or retrofits that meet the same standard, which has thicker steel. The U.S. Department of Transportation expects flammable liquids to be carried in comparable DOT-117 rail tank cars, or retrofits, by May 1, 2029 |
