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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 20 Aug 2014, p. 7

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' x If - WMMOM - anon-7 i. . .- I... “to“ f K-W ' , L ' ‘ “ “fem-16°“ t“ L snowing II---- 3 ""'fi"inl"" Thisishowclose the train was to Michael Bigoell's Waterloo badtyard in 2007 when the train ' " ' 5“ f u, 7 a . , derailed in 2007 mmumvo ; -4\ 5“ -;- E , ) o , v ' , ' "iv-w * TWO derailments on Waterloo } CIA, -. o o v , spur hne went unreported in 2007 a . use. - : Continued frompagel _ if” g l ,_ . 5, i ' \ i v . i _,- , : . . t a: i ‘ . lohn Hammer who was a '- 5, l - ‘ l m j director of transportation in 31" = " ’ ' ‘ ~~ g 2007", said he had no recol- . ’ 4; arm 5 4 .. lection of the li‘l(‘ldt‘lllS it? " ,gj"{ ;, L ’“ F“ ,.. f g Bauer said the region has 3» ““ “5.3, "if " j" .â€" Try”; a. A ‘ ' “ °' gfrr; ' , Lt}? ‘ had an operating agreement “ if g, “ ' j" Q3 ’ f 5s '3 f ' t a â€"- l \ “ i with Canadian National 3: , ‘i 7." g, ' 5 h “at “ ' Railway for at least the past is, W" i {2.1 .__ l» 3 A ten years and it requires the 6“ g: ": ' I g , 1 i N region to be notified of any ? 5 fife : ti, “it _! ' z incidents on the spur line. § gig I?" ~.~“ i" v j which stretches from KitchA n {$5}! ' “f " , g. “ ,. ’ > a: 7 enerto Elmira, % ,_ 1 1‘ ‘ r 3 (IN Rail. which subcon- if, a j . _ s at tracts operation of the line ‘ if" _ 1, - . ‘f g ' " ' f to til-KR and is in charge of ' 5:31 . _ H , x _ , a ' “M" “ J " lw_ “ii; a line maintenance. said in an E “ ' , i- ‘ : ' ‘ i. > i“ ‘ s “’ r ’{ email to the Chronicle it was 3 ' ' “m “ a 7 5 A . Ff not prepared to comment :_ qu‘ . F9:- 3 b - “a “f on a derailment that " " in m -_ - _ occurred more than seven 3 3,“ fl, . , ' ' t * {i f». A," A years ago. _ 3" 99} . 1 ¢ - . . Mm ’ " ; 1 ~ ' “(.N has an unwavering ' ’ -i‘~ } ‘ y“ _‘ In: \ ft .‘1 4 A. . ‘ commitment to safer ' and - , v , a “ fl t - . 3,“ . “1 ; ‘~ - i "" Q “ inspects and maintaihs its ”I. ‘. , v. ’ eff A“ h” “J i "’ - ' iEk‘,_.;» ' ‘ « - ~ ?“- .' "lfl'afllrllt‘lllfl‘ 1“ standards Repairs are demon a train that detailed in Waterloo in 2007 l , H g ; ~, 5, s 4 a S, x - ' ' g f 5 that meet or exited all term but went unreported according to local officials. , k t. h N - s r . - ”s i it , g t It 1 r latory requirements." said “W‘m‘mflm if“ "" “iii/f wap‘xy ( ‘ ‘ fl ' _ (ompany spokesperson filed an access to informaâ€" ing through the city. but the a ‘ ' “l; "7.2 g 2 i "‘ g if [iridsay l‘t‘dl hyshni “on request With the.city condition of the tracks as ' ~- » I A ~ l'he( hronicle has spent after (;l-XR and the City well . 2. y g; p, - a y 5 at ‘ - the past two years in\“esl| relused to release a list of ln response to those con< L 1, if ' ‘ 12 ' gating railway safety prom potentially hazardous mate ferns, the (.hrtinicle f) eols in Waterloo followmg a rials muting through the launched an independent _ ‘ g i - a minor derailment netir (UN' lhat request was investigation into the matter _' V uptrmn in (k tuber 201i denied hi the city last lul_\ and photographed several of . _ _ a ' t " ' lhat deradment also and the ( hronicle lost its ihehaiardous material plac- ‘ x35 went unreported to the (”V appeal to the proVinCial pri ards that identify what each l ”I: ‘ ' i y and the region. and none of tar v tonimissiori this past car is carrying Highly flam- , - « ~ x ; ‘ ' 4 ' ' ‘ ‘ ’ "' the tars tipped and nothing Min mahle liquid fuel and sodi- M ’ ‘ _ i. ‘_ 'r- ,-. AA was spilled In the wake of ”wt lironit Ie has argued um hydroxide are itist some mm ' / ll ‘ 3 {Li L ' ; : that derailment, then ( ity of If is the pulilit 's right to ofthose materials. , , '. "' - J," , Waterloo lire ( hief lvlt' know what is heiug moved laarlier this summer. the ‘ w - i ; ’ "l " fl » " ' ’ Quari said the III\ and the by rail through the city: newspaper launched a citi- ‘ ,, Tm ' ‘ t m - t t t 1 . , \ ~ v“- -' region had reaffirmed their espet Hilly after a runaway Jen iournalism project tal|< f "a i. m. m. . expectations to he notified ”din tarrying ( rude oil ing on residents to photo~ " when it tame to tilt tilt-tits eiiplodetl in lat Megantit graph the: informational -m‘l.m n “nun“; along the line List luly, ltilling 47rpeople placards that are required on . r unnumwm hfiuu‘uu Bauer also s.iitl he \‘~‘rt\lll ln ret ent months. man» all railway r ars identifying ‘ ' h a aware of tint other derail residents of Waterloo hatt- what materials are being m “RF‘MH "a“ int-tits in Waterloo suit 4' (tIfllt‘ forward to express shipped lhet hronit Ie is ‘m. ---..hmh--.fl‘~' fill! their tom em with not onls (“urn-nth ionipiling .i list of w W ltisl “its the t hroiiit lt‘ what the railways lire rntiv those plat.irtls i ‘

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