General railway discussions

[urbancog]

There's an inventory of railway crossings maintained by Transport Canada, ranked by collision risk.

Unfortunate reminder from France on the risks of mixing high-speed rail and level crossings.

"There were 89 incidents [of trains hitting vehicles on crossings] recorded in France in 2024, causing 20 deaths"

 

[smallspy]

Wouldn’t deferred maintenance be one thing. Then wouldn’t China and Russia have railways that are close to NA standards? And in Poland, they still run 76 M62s or ST44s on PKP Cargo which were recently modernized with new engines. Unfortunately from Russia.

No, because deferred maintenance leads to shorter equipment lifespans, not longer.

Dan

 

[CMQSD402F9011]

No, because deferred maintenance leads to shorter equipment lifespans, not longer.

Dan

I do recall hearing that after EHH came to CP Rail in 2012. He cut around 75% of mechanics/shop workers at CP Rail and i believe changed the way on how locomotives are assigned to after completing a run at yards.