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<p><a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060221/train_derailments_060221/20060221">http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060221/train_derailments_060221/20060221</a></p><p>Hah! You are right. It was not the flat land loco that were just the problem. It was CNR greed.</p><p>They simply would not be told. When they took over BC rail, which had been successfully running trains up the BC interior for decades, CN immediately added 30% or more to the length.</p><p>The result was unmanageable trains. They quite literally yanked the trains off the tracks in the Cheakamus Canyon on several occasions through improper driving. CN dug in their heels and continued to try to run such trains against the local wisdom, and only desisted when forced to by government rail safety authorities.</p><p>Moreover, CN, I heard, was using far fewer experienced men on their train crews because so many of the original BCR staff chose to retire of leave rather than work for CN!</p><p>CN trains on the former BCR line run through my area. They are much much shorter now, even smaller trains than BCR would run. They are under some prohibition of operation I think.</p>
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