Uncontrolled movement of railway equipment, Canadian National Railway Company, remote control locomotive system, 2100 west industrial yard assignment, mile 23.9, York subdivision, MacMillan Yard, Vaughan,... : TU3-6/16-0111E-PDF
"On 17 June 2016, at about 2335 Eastern Daylight Time, the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) remote control locomotive system 2100 west industrial yard assignment was performing switching operations at the south end of CN’s MacMillan Yard, which is in the Concord industrial district of Vaughan, Ontario. The assignment was pulling 72 loaded cars and 2 empty cars southward from the yard onto the York 3 main track in order to clear the switch at the south end of the Halton outbound track to gain access to the west industrial lead track (W100) switch. The assignment helper attempted to stop the assignment to prepare to reverse into track W100, in order to continue switching for customers. However, the assignment continued to move. It rolled uncontrolled for about 3 miles and reached speeds of up to 30 mph before stopping on its own at about Mile 21.1 of the York Subdivision. There were no injuries. There was no release of dangerous goods and no derailment"--Summary.
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| Ministère/Organisme | Transportation Safety Board of Canada. |
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| Titre | Uncontrolled movement of railway equipment, Canadian National Railway Company, remote control locomotive system, 2100 west industrial yard assignment, mile 23.9, York subdivision, MacMillan Yard, Vaughan, Ontario, 17 June 2016 . |
| Titre de la série | Railway investigation report ; R16T0111 |
| Type de publication | Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal |
| Langue | [Anglais] |
| Autres langues publiées | [Français] |
| Format | Électronique |
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| Note(s) | Title from cover. Issued also in French under title: Mouvement non contrôlé de matériel ferroviaire, Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada, système de télécommande de locomotives, manœuvre de triage de l'embranchement industriel ouest de 21 h, point milliaire 23,9, subdivision de York, triage MacMillan, Vaughan (Ontario), 17 juin 2016. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Information sur la publication | Gatineau, QC : Transportation Safety Board of Canada, c2018. |
| Description | v, 67 p. : maps, photographs |
| ISBN | 978-0-660-26887-3 |
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| Descripteurs | Railway accidents Railway safety Investigations |