Featured Investigations - Rail

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigates for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.

Rolling Stock Damage Without Derailment or Collision
Canadian National
Freight Train Number M-30451-11
Mile 238.30, Redditt Subdivision
Dugald, Manitoba
14 January 2009

Communiqué

2010-08-25

“Faulty Rail Cars Hauling Dangerous Goods,” warns the TSB

Report

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Recommendation

The Department of Transport, in conjunction with the railway industry and other North American regulators, establish a protocol for reporting and analyzing tank car stub sill failures so that unsafe cars are repaired or removed from service. (R10-01)

Safety Concern

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada Issues a Safety Concern on the Association of American Railroads Stub Sill Design Criteria

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Rolling Stock Damage Without Derailment or Collision (R09W0016)