Order pursuant to Section 36 of the Railway Safety Act (MO 24-01)

Section 36 of the Railway Safety Act (RSA) provides the Minister of Transport with the authority to order a company, in the specified form and within a specified period, information or documents that the Minister considers necessary for the purposes of ensuring compliance with the RSA and with supporting regulations, rules, orders, standards and emergency directives made under the RSA.

Therefore, in the interest of safe railway operations and pursuant to section 36 of the RSA, the Canadian National Railway Company is hereby ordered, within 30 days of receipt of this Order, to file with the Minister of Transport:

1. All available records demonstrating warning activation times, including the time gates (if equipped) were in the horizontal position, for each crossing activation for the period starting in May 2024 to the date of this Order. This request is being made for each grade crossing warning system at the location listed in the first two columns in the attached Crossings List in Appendix A. Acceptable records include logs either directly from the controller equipment at the crossing or representative logs of warning time, train speed, and shunting profiles (EX/RX) stored elsewhere,
2. Other pertinent data that has been compiled and analyzed by the supplier of the equipment for each grade crossing warning system at the location listed in the first two columns in the attached Crossings List in Appendix A for the period starting in May 2024 to the date of this Order.
3. Records confirming the breakdown of how the criteria specified in each paragraph of section 16.1.1 of Part E of the Grade Crossings Standards were derived, including any assumptions, formulas, or input parameters used in such calculations. This request is being made for each grade crossing warning system at the location listed in the first two columns in the attached Crossings List in Appendix A and shall follow the form in the attached Crossings List in Appendix A.
4. Most current design & board plans for each grade crossing warning system at the location listed in the first two columns in the attached Crossings List in Appendix A.
5. Record of the last yearly test including most current linearization results each grade crossing warning system at the location listed in the first two columns in the attached Crossings List in Appendix A.

The information required under this order shall be sent electronically to TC.RailSafety-Securiteferroviaire.TC@tc.gc.ca. A paper copy may also be mailed to the following address:

Rail Safety Directorate
Transport Canada
427 Laurier Avenue, 14th Floor,
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5

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Director General, Rail Safety and Security

Appendix A
Annexe A