One month after a train carrying crude oil derailed in Sturgeon County, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says an inspection of the track in the area — completed by Canadian National Railway (CN) in September — showed “rail wear limits” had been exceeded and that the condition of the high rail had reached “condemning limits.”
“Given the unpredictable growth rates of transverse defects, CN may wish to review the timeliness of the replacement of identified worn and/or fatigued rails on secondary lines where dangerous goods are transported,” the TSB said in a Nov. 2 letter addressed to CN and posted to its website.
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