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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 05 March 2016 - 08:16 AM

Global News Canada, 3/4:
 

Runaway rail car full of asphalt rolls toward downtown Regina from Co-op refinery

 

REGINA – Co-op Refinery has confirmed that a rail car full of asphalt rolled away from the refinery toward downtown Regina earlier this week.

 

Brad DeLorey, the director of communications at Co-op Refinery, said that the incident took place on March 2 around midnight.

 

According to DeLorey, the rail car was being loaded at the refinery and was intended for a western destination. The runaway rail car travelled about four kilometres through the city, crossing a number of streets, along federally-regulated tracks owned by Canadian National Railway (CN).

 

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Posted 23 March 2017 - 02:47 PM

CBC News Saskatchewan, 3/21:
 

Runaway Regina railcar reached speeds up to 30 km/h after air brakes lost pressure: TSB

 

Car carrying asphalt rolled more than 4 kilometres through streets of Regina

 

 

A Transportation Safety Board report says the circumstances that led to a railcar rolling out of control through the streets of Regina last year, passing through seven intersections, could have been prevented.

 

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In its report, the board found that Cando Rail Services was switching tank cars carrying asphalt when one of the cars rolled away out of control.

The report said the car was left unattended and only held in place with emergency air brakes. When the air brakes lost pressure, they released, allowing the car to roll away.

 

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