The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has released 23 findings and three new recommendations following its three-year inquiry into what caused Train 301 to move away from the emergency stop at Field Hill in February 2019. More follow The original story continues below: Three years after the triple fatal CP Rail derailment in the mountains near the BC border in Alberta, the Canadian Security Service is about to publish its findings with the victim’s family members watching closely. “I want to hold accountable anyone involved in the killing of this crew,” said Pam Fraser, the mother of 33-year-old Maestro Dylan Paradis, who was killed in the crash. The Transport Safety Council final report follows a lengthy investigation into the deaths of three Calgary men in February 2019: Paradis, engineer Andrew Dockrell, 56, and trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer, 26. The men were killed on train 301 when 99 grain wagons derailed and the train’s lead locomotive landed on the Kicking Horse River. The TSB released a Railway Safety Tip in 2020, which identified many problems with the Train 301 brakes and braking inspection process. The families of the victims are hoping to get some answers today – answers that they hope could affect rail safety and policing policies. “I need my son’s death to make sense,” Fraser said of her High River home. “Maybe I can live better with all this, if there is a purpose.”

Low temperatures, train train

In early February 2019, after days – 30 winds and a long power outage in CP bunk in Field BC, CP continued to operate its trains via the infamous dangerous Spiral Tunnels. Train 301, a two-kilometer freight train loaded with grain, sat for hours without handbrake. The braking system lost all air pressure and the train went down the mountain on its own, building speed and eventually derailed in a turn, landing partly on the icy river. The aftermath of the 2019 train derailment in BC that killed three crew members. (Anis Heydari / CBC)
In 2020, Pam Fraser, the mother of conductor Dylan Paradis, filed formal complaints with the RCMP, asking them to consider possible negligence in crashing and obstructing the railroad. Until then, the only police force officially investigating the accident was the federally authorized Canadian Pacific Police Service (CPPS). The RCMP derailment investigation is ongoing. The Dockrell and Paradis families have filed a lawsuit accusing TSB of conspiring with CP Rail to block a criminal investigation into the derailment. The lawsuit, filed in Vancouver, alleges that TSB succumbed to CP Rail threats and silenced its lead investigator in a “crafty and aggressive” strategy to prevent the RCMP from investigating the company’s role in the crash. CP described the lawsuit as “misleading” and said the railway “continues to cooperate fully with all investigations”. These families have also filed a separate lawsuit accusing the company of cutting corners to save money at the expense of employee safety. The allegations have not been proven in court.

title: “Old Brakes Extreme Cold And Inexperience Factors In Triple Fatal Train Derailment Tsb Report Finds " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-15” author: “Brian Bjornson”

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has published its 23 findings and three new recommendations after a three-year investigation into what caused the Train 301 to move away from the emergency stop at Field Hill in February 2019, reaching speeds in excess of 85 km / h. / h. . The TSB final report follows a lengthy investigation into the deaths of three Calgary men: Dylan Paradis, 56, engineer Andrew Dockrell, 56, and trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer, 26. The board found that common problems, such as brake failure at low temperatures, had been “normalized” by CP Rail.

The victim’s danger report was found at the scene of the accident

Over the years, many CP train crews have submitted reports describing hazardous braking conditions in Field Hill. “However, year after year, the exhibitions closed,” said TSB President Kathy Fox. “No risk assessment was performed and no adequate corrective action was taken.” In fact, just the day before his death, engineer Andrew Dockrell had descended the same hill using the maximum braking available. Prepare a hazard report for the dangerous area of ​​the railway. “The emergency report he had prepared for the incident was recovered from the scene of the accident, but he never had a chance to submit it,” Fox said. TSB’s recommendations focus on freight train braking systems and the proposed requirement that CP Rail make improvements in hazard detection and action to make train operations safer. The families of the victims are hoping to get some answers today – answers that they hope could affect rail safety and policing policies. “I need my son’s death to make sense,” Fraser said of her High River home. “Maybe I can live better with all this, if there is a purpose.”

Low temperatures, train train

In early February 2019, after days – 30 winds and a long power outage in CP bunk in Field BC, CP continued to operate its trains via the infamous dangerous Spiral Tunnels. The incoming crew could not control the speed of train 301 and made an emergency stop. With the initial crew at the end of his shift, a relief crew arrived. Train 301, a two-kilometer freight train loaded with grain, sat for hours without handbrake. Just 10 minutes after the crew was transported, the train – having lost all air pressure – started moving on its own. What should have been a 52-minute journey down the infamous dangerous Field Hill took just three minutes as the doomed train reached speeds in excess of 85 km / h. At the historic Spiral Tunnels, 99 grain wagons were derailed and the train’s lead locomotive landed on the Kicking Horse River. The aftermath of the 2019 train derailment in BC that killed three crew members. (Anis Heydari / CBC)
In 2020, Pam Fraser, the mother of conductor Dylan Paradis, filed formal complaints with the RCMP, asking them to consider possible negligence in crashing and obstructing the railroad. Until then, the only police force officially investigating the accident was the federally authorized Canadian Pacific Police Service (CPPS). The RCMP derailment investigation is ongoing. The Dockrell and Paradis families have filed a lawsuit accusing TSB of conspiring with CP Rail to block a criminal investigation into the derailment. The lawsuit, filed in Vancouver, alleges that TSB succumbed to CP Rail threats and silenced its lead investigator in a “crafty and aggressive” strategy to prevent the RCMP from investigating the company’s role in the crash. CP described the lawsuit as “misleading” and said the railway “continues to cooperate fully with all investigations”. These families have also filed a separate lawsuit accusing the company of cutting corners to save money at the expense of employee safety. The allegations have not been proven in court.