Yet another train derails and explodes in Canada

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Something is wrong with the infrastructure?

 

This one near Edmonton, which is a long way from the Atlantic rail infrastructure.  Could it be that years of semi-neglect by the track owners is starting to catch up to them or do we really need more pipelines?

 

Reminds me of a semi-racy joke, but you have to understand the way words are pronounced in Italian.  I'll put it in the jokes column.

[Fatherted 129]

Whoof Canada, time to check the rail infrastructure. It's less secure than India's. Although at least it is government funded.

#NationaliseBritishRail2014

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I am not sure that I would bet on who owns the tracks any more.  CN is a crown corporation, but CP Rail is a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Enterprises, and there are several private RR companies including Ontario Northland whose tracks may well we owned by the Province of Ontario.

 

There is probably a mish-mash of ownership both from traditional grants and the downloading of infrastructure responsibility that the federal government pulled as a cost cutting measure a few years ago.  They downloaded a lot on the provinces.

 

If it turns out that that right-of-way is owned by the Province of Alberta, it will be piling ossa on pelion for this fiscal year for them.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Canadian National's recent troubles.

 

Probably the worst one was the recent accident with tanker cars carrying anhydrous ammonia.  Such tank cars are weapons of mass extinction.  NH₃ is one of the most noxious substances known to man.