Just before Lac-Mégantic, railways sought to reduce inspections

Business | 206788 hits | Feb 05 4:21 am | Posted by: Headstrong

Canada’s major freight rail carriers attempted to reduce safety inspections on rail cars carrying dangerous goods exactly a month before the Lac-Mégantic tragedy, CBC News has learned.

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by Headstrong
Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:23 pm
Transport Canada figures show that since 2006, the volume of dangerous goods being shipped by train in Canada has risen more than 30 per cent.

Sanitized.

From July 2013:
Lac Megantic: Oil shipments by rail have increased 28,000 per cent since 2009

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