Train Safety Crisis: Why Canada Lags Behind US in Implementing Life-Saving Rail Control Systems Every year that passes without Enhanced Train Control (ETC) systems on Canadian railways puts passengers and rail workers at risk. While the United States has fully implemented Positive Train Control (PTC) technology across all major rail routes, Canada continues to delay these crucial safety measures – with potentially deadly consequences. The Tale of Two Rail Systems: US Takes Action While Canada Delays In the United States, a tragic 2017 Amtrak Cascades crash that killed three people and injured 59 others sparked decisive action. By December 2020, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) successfully mandated PTC technology across all 57,536 required freight and passenger railroad route miles. Canadian National Railways (CN) proudly announced their compliance with these US requirements – but what about their Canadian operations? Canada's Troubling Track Record: A Timeline of ...

RICHMOND HILL, ON, 5 Oct. 2016 /CNW/ - According to its investigation report (R15T0245) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has determined that incomplete communication and improper signal blocking were causal in the risk of collision between a VIA Rail train and work equipment at a Canadian National Railway (CN) work site in October 2015 in Whitby, Ontario. On 25 October 2015, before a crew started work on a CN track of the Kingston Subdivision, near Whitby, Ontario, the foreman called the CN rail traffic controller (RTC) and asked for—and received—exclusive use of the south track (which meant that trains would be operating on the north track only) between Mile 304 and Mile 305. However, the RTC inadvertently entered improper signal blocking that would still permit trains to operate on the south track past Mile 304 http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/cnw/release.html?rkey=20161005C1493&filter=5599

It was December 2014 when VIA Rail Chief Executive Yves Desjardins-Siciliano gave an interview with the Globe and Mail that probably made his political masters happy but rail fans and High Speed Rail Canada highly criticized the interview. Now it seems Desjardins-Siciliano is starting to realize the extent of VIA's problems. Although he still refuses to acknowledge the need for a VIA Rail Act and Regulations he has stated that the current situation with CN and CP sharing existing track does not work and dedicated track is needed. The news from Desjardins-Siciliano about the need for dedicated commuter track ($3billion) in the Toronto-Montreal corridor was released on March 12th, 2015 . It seems to have gotten limited media hits. According to Google News Alerts only the Saskatoon Phoenix picked the story up and it was largely ignored everywhere else. Perhaps the most insulting part of the article is CN's response to the problems they cause for VIA Rail. It reads, CN ...

During these dark days of the Harper government VIA Rail cuts, enjoy this fantastic photo of Lorne Perry's High speed rail certificate from riding the Turbo during its record breaking run in Canada in 1976

We have loaded this holiday gift - the ultra rare Turbo Train film titled, "3:59" - to our youtube channel. We searched for 10 years to get this film! http://www.youtube.com/user/HighSpeedRailCanada Happy Holiday!

On November 16th, 2009 the Canadian Government Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities /Comité permanent des transports, de l’infrastructure et des collectivité called CN Rail as a Witness at their Hearings into High Speed Rail in Canada. High Speed Rail Canada has posted the complete audio from the CN Rail presentation on it's website at http://highspeedrail.ca . Click on the HSR Hearings Tab to listen to it. It is clear from the CN Rail prospective they do not want any form of the incremental approach to higher speed rail on existing freight track.(eg; like the acela in the USA)