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July, 2005 (Vol 1 No 3) Phone: (613) 260-9669 � Fax: (613)260-9494 Ottawa Central Railway July, 2005 (Vol 1 No 3) Phone: (613) 260-9669 Fax: (613)260-9494 SAFETY vs WHISTLE DEBATE GETS LOUDER IN BROCKVILLE As whistle activation returned along the CN right-of-way through Brockville, the debate concerning safety versus noise has escalated. Following a City of Brockville study with CN, passing train whistles have been silent at certain crossings TANK CAR WITH HOLES CAUSED BY SPILL through the city since 1999. That CORROSION FOUND AT WALKLEY YARD changed this summer. Whistle deployment resumed in During a recent audit by to the condition of the car body early July following jury Transport Canada, tank car jackets on tank cars while recommendations stemming from GATX 35751 was discovered in performing the necessary regular the inquest into the death of 12 storage on track WE05 at Walkley inspection. year-old Sabrina Latimer at a Yard with holes through the outer It is not expected that employees Brockville level crossing earlier this shell as seen in the accompanying climb on these cars to inspect the year. pictures. top of the cars but to inspect the condition from the ground level. As previously reported in “The These holes were caused due to This car should not have been Spareboard”, those recommend- corrosion created from product accepted at the interchange point. adations include, among others, that spills on the car’s outer jacket. It pedestrian gates and arms with is imperative that operating Inside this issue of fencing be installed at each multiple employees pay particular attention The Spareboard: track crossing in the City of Brockville and signals be installed to • OCR Safety Rule Pg 2 alert people to second on-coming • Call for Photos NEW Pg 2 trains at multiple track crossings. • “Backtrack” Pg 3 • Rule Of The Month Pg 3 • Birthdays Pg 3 See OCR SAFETY Page 5 • Incidents/Accidents Pg 4 • Performance Indicators Pg 4-5 • “From The Corner Office” Pg 6 Ottawa Central Railway Published by salutes Ottawa Central Railway 3141 Albion Road South, Ottawa (613) 260-9669 For general comments and story See “World-class steel manufacturer” on Page 2 ideas contact, Dave Watts [email protected] * Limited Partnership of which Ivaco Rolling Mills Inc. is the general partner, and Ivaco Inc. a limited partner Ottawa Central Railway Ottawa, Canada Ottawa Central Railway Page 2 IMPRESSIVE EARLY AUGUST Safety Rule! FREIGHT NUMBERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA Ben Beauchamp selected All three measures of rail freight CROR Rule 121POSITIVE traffic - carloads, intermodal and ton- IDENTIFICATION (a), (b) & (c)* miles - were up during the week ended August 13 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, Courtesy: Jerry Kelly (a) The person initiating a radio according to an Association of communication and the responding SMILE FOR THE CAMERA! American Railroads report issued th party must establish positive SEND US YOUR August 18 . Carload freight for the identification. FAVOURITE PHOTO! week totaled 339,019 cars, up 1.1% The initial call must commence with from last year. The life and times of OCR and our the company initials of the person colleagues at work and home continues to being called. e.g. "CP Foreman Jones, Intermodal volume totalled 234,558 flash before us via ‘the lens’. Send us a RTC Toronto, over" or "CN RTC trailers or containers, up 7.0% from favourite photo (on any subject) with your Edmonton, this is 5263 West, over" last year, with containers up 8.4% and name and a brief explanation and we could In addition, when a non CN person is trailers up 3.0%. It was the highest publish it in a future issue of “The calling on the CN channels, they must volume for any week this year, and the Spareboard.” Email your photo in a .jpg use their company's initials to identify fourth highest week ever for format to Dave Watts at: themselves within the initial intermodal. Total volume was [email protected] transmission. e.g. "CN RTC Montreal, estimated at 33.5 billion ton-miles, up this is VIA 56, over". 1.8% from last year. WORLD-CLASS STEEL On Canadian railroads, during the (b) The person initiating the radio MANUFACTURER THE week ended August 13 carload traffic communication must end the initial PRIDE OF HAWKESBURY totalled 74,647 cars, off 0.7% from call with the spoken word, "OVER". last year, while intermodal volume Except when radio communication AREA totalled 45,587 trailers or containers, relates to switching operations, when up 8.1% from last year. Combined When Ivaco Inc completed construction a transmission is complete and a cumulative volume for the first 32 of its rolling mill in L’Orignal, the grand response is expected or required, the weeks of 2005 on US and Canadian opening ushered in one of the most transmitting employee must end each railroads totalled 13,047,981 carloads, important eras in the Canadian steel transmission with the spoken word up 1.1% from last year and 8,362,259 industry. That was 1971. After the first "over". trailers and containers, up 5.5% from steel billet was rolled, annual production last year. (c) Each party to a radio grew to 30,000 tons. AAR&RAC Aug.18/05 communication must end their final The mill’s first expansion occurred in transmission with the spoken word 1975 with the installation of the no-twist into the 1990s, IRM began focusing "OUT". mill. Production almost tripled! In its on environmental best-practices. first year, the new mill produced 80,000 Among many initiatives, including tons. Expansion and production OCR’s Ben ISO certification, IRM installed a new continued to impress setting new Beauchamp hydraulic furnace and primary fume standards along the way. system for the new electric arc In 1982, the steel plant set a world furnace. * An OCR employee is picked at record in uninterrupted continuous billet By 1999, IRM had completed a two- random each month to select a "Safety casting of 6 days, 17 hours, 15 minutes. phase upgrade improving efficiency Rule". As expansion and production continued and quality. See IRM Page 6 Ottawa Central Railway Ottawa, Canada Ottawa Central Railway Page 3 Rule Of The Month 103. PUBLIC CROSSINGS AT The Bytown & Prescott GRADE By the mid 19th century, industry and commerce were showing rapid growth (a) When cars not headed by an engine across much of North America. Rail provided not only an exceptional are moving along a public road not communications vehicle, but an efficient method of moving product to protected by a fence or other barrier a market. crew member must be on the leading car, or on the ground, in a position to In the U.S., as rail lines and networks started warn persons standing on, or crossing, springing up country-wide, plans were or about to cross the track. established for a line to Ogdensburgh, NY. By 1848, and with the potential for larger markets, entrepreneurs from Bytown (later (b) When cars not headed by an engine, Ottawa) wanted a line south to connect with snow plow or other equipment equipped with a whistle and headlight, the huge U.S. and international marketplace. are moving over a public crossing at On August 10, 1850, the Bytown and grade not protected by a watchman or N Prescott (B&P) was incorporated. Six gates, a crew member must provide months later, Walter Shanley was brought on manual protection of the crossing. board to oversee the engineering and EXCEPTION: Manual protection of construction of the line. In October, 1851, the crossing is not required provided the the official sod turning ceremony was held in crossing is equipped with automatic Ottawa. warning devices and a crew member is By June, 1854, the rail reached northward to on the leading car to warn persons Spencerville and by August to Kemptville. standing on, or crossing, or about to In late August, the first work train arrived in cross the track. This exception does not Bytown, and on Christmas day, the first modify the application of Rule 103.1 (a). passenger train arrived at the new New Edinburgh Station. Happy Birthday !!! With Bytown’s name change to Ottawa in 1855, the B&P became the Ottawa and Jon McNeil Prescott. and Following an 1867 reorganization and Illustrated in red, the O’Train Happy Anniversary!!! operates on the former rename to the St. Lawrence and Ottawa, the O&P/CPR Chaudiere Branch. Chaudiere Branch was opened in 1871. In 1881, the StL&O was leased to the CPR. Brian Lavigne (9 years), Roy Murray (5 years) By late 1957, passenger service was discontinued and the line was ultimately abandoned. The rails were lifted in 1995. One section remains to this day. Josee Ouellette (1 year) The Chaudiere Branch is home to Ottawa’s O-Train! …from all your “Backtrack” is a regular feature in The Spareboard friends at Ottawa Central Railway!! Ottawa Central Railway Ottawa, Canada Ottawa Central Railway Page 4 Ottawa Central Railway 2005 Incidents/Accidents through July July July FINAL FINAL FINAL FINAL 2005 2004 2004 2003 2002 2001 Main Track Accidents* 4 0 0 2 0 1 Jun TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 Non-Main Track Accidents* 5 6 9 11 6 8 Human Factor 1 3 5 3 4 Ice & Snow 0 0 0 1 1 Crossing Accidents 1 1 2 2 4 2 Track Conditions 0 1 0 1 1 Vandalism 0 0 0 0 1 Trespassing Incidents 0 0 1 0 1 5 Equipment 0 0 0 0 0 3rd Party 4 5 6 1 1 Employee Injuries* 2 1 2 5 8 0 Other 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 11 6 8 Cardinal Rule Violations 1 0 0 0 0 2 Hyrail Accidents 0 0 1 0 0 0 Vehicule Accidents 0 1 1 1 0 1 TOTAL 13 9 15 21 19 19 Other 1 16 20 13 12 0 Our Mission: To be our customer’s preferred supplier of transportation logistics services to help them meet the needs of their own customers.
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