Analysis finds missing, late rail accident reports for 3 Canadian carriers: TSB

OTTAWA – The Transportation Safety Board says the country’s two largest railways and the regional carrier responsible for the Lac-Megantic fire failed to meet their obligations for filing accident information.

The federal agency says a total of 254 accidents involving Canadian National, Canadian Pacific and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic were unreported or reported late to the TSB over a seven-year period.

The TSB says a majority of the incidents were minor and no injuries reported, but the reports are mandatory.

The board identified 132 additional accidents at CN over the past seven years, including 24 in 2013.

CN said all of the incidents were known to the railway and used in its own internal analyses.

For Canadian Pacific, there were 100 additional reportable accidents over a 13-month period, starting in January 2013. At MMA, the TSB identified 22 additional incidents over four years from 2010 through 2013.