Rail Safety Overview - A Regional Perspective

Presented by: Jason Cram, Manager, Rail Safety Engineering and Jeff Basarab, Manager, Rail Equipment and Operation, Rail Safety, PNR

Date: May 6, 2020

Organizer: Lawrence Chong

Attendees: Bill Xu, Diego Cesa de Meira, Alvaro Faria dos Santos, Mark Frost, Jiehua Yii

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Topics of Presentation:

• Overview of Rail Safety Operation

• Annual Grade Crossing Inspection Program

• Rail signal and track safety inspection

• RSIG crossing inspection database update

• Inspection report

• Audio recording: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/e9a173c7-64f4-493a-8183-4d3398956851

Mapping Tools Used: TC Smart Maps, TC Railway Network and Crossing (Public Facing) Portal

Instrument Used: Garmin GPS

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GIS Layers used:

• National Railway Network

• Track Speed

• Bridges

• Marker Post

• TSB Rail Incidents

• RSIG Grade Crossing Incidents

Features used:

• Google Street View to determine line of sight and familiarize surrounding before inspection

• Google Earth imagery to measure line of sight to road intersection

• Track gradient to determine potential train car run-off

• Track speed to investigate public complaint and enforcement

• Saving kml file for loading onto Garmin GPS.