Another accident and workers left hanging from the train above a precipice in B.C. After they promised, promised, to improve their safety record. Yep this looks a lot safer.....
A private report paid for by CN, objective that, said there would be no long term ecological impacts on the Lake Wabamum that suffered from toxic poisioning after a CN spill last year. It is being contested by the first nations peoples living off the lake.
After all the only thing CN cares about is the bottomline.The report, prepared for the railway by Golder Associates Ltd., fails to properly consider the impact of the spill on traditional uses of the lake by band members, said Barry Hochstein, an environmental consultant hired by the Paul reserve.
CN and CPR exceed Western grain revenue caps for crop year 2005-2006
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2 comments:
Well, when spills are subsidized by government (as is the case with cleanup, with insurance, gov't, etc.), but track maintenance isn't, its cheaper for the american CN to clean up spills than it is for them to properly maintain routes.
This is fact, and numerous CN engineers easily admit that it is so. I don't know why this isn't a bigger deal to people.
I agree along with lack of track maintenance which goes along with cutbacks in staffing, is the attempt to automate staff positions, which has also been a reason for the accidents.
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