Comments on: CN C40-8M 2417 is still earning its keep, leading loaded LPG train U761 west onto the south track at Park Gate.

By: Dave Brook

Dave Brook — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:16:06 +0000

Transport Canada oversight at its best…..

By: Tim Stevens

Tim Stevens — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 21:35:42 +0000

@Dave Brook… nowadays if the entire train is made up of the same dangerous commodity and does not enter the US, a buffer car is not needed. Why? I would love to know… For example, if we were to run a crude oil train from Edmonton to Saint John and it stayed in Canada the whole way, it would not need a buffer. If this same train went via Chicago and Sarnia, it would. Crazy.

By: Dave Brook

Dave Brook — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 21:31:42 +0000

Still amazes me that ethanol needs a buffer car, but LPG doesn’t. In the 80′s, you needed 5 cars between the power or van and an LPG car…of course, no unit ones in those days. Phil, do recall the rules for that?

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:09:56 +0000

Very nice.