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Rail Safety on Boundary Bay Opportunities and Challenges To: Surrey Mayor & Council February 2019 SEMSTAR: Citizens for Safety, Trade and Recreation on the Semiahmoo Peninsula Four Pillars of Opportunity Safety Environment
SEMSTAR: Citizens for Safety, Trade and Recreation on the Semiahmoo Peninsula
To: Surrey Mayor & Council February 2019
Citizens for Safety, Trade and Recreation on the Semiahmoo Peninsula
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Citizens for Safety, Trade and Recreation on the Semiahmoo Peninsula
2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 Jun 26 Aug 2 Dec 27 Jan 5 Jul 23 May 30 Jul 21 Mar 15
Speed boundary proposed to:
BNSF
Mar 15
BNSF: Studying
speed boundary
Jun 4
Speed boundary proposed to:
Transport Canada
Aug 11
Transport Canada & BNSF:
Perform track inspection
Jun 9
BNSF: Implement operational
changes to manage failures
UDE: Undesired Emergency
All failures occurred at the 24th Ave track curve, blocking all access to Crescent Beach. When a train splits in two, both halves activate an emergency brake condition which locks the train in place until pressure is returned to the lines. UDEs are a contributing factor to train derailment.
2015 Feb 25
City of Surrey:
Motion #1 for a speed boundary
Sep 17
City of Surrey:
Motion #2 for a speed boundary
Rail Failures on the South Surrey 24th Ave. BNSF Track Curve
Dec 7
Due diligence Negligence
2010 BNSF report on Crescent Beach UDE toSurrey Mayor & Council:
“…such failures occur approximately once per year system wide throughout North America, with the probability of this happening again at this location being very remote".
2015 Transport Canada email to the CBPOA:
“BNSF believe the noise and separation issues can be effectively mitigated by working with individual locomotive engineers to plan throttle and brake transitions very conservatively.”
2016 2017 2018 2019 Mar 10 Jan 28 2015
Mar 29 Oct 17 Jan 30 Jan 29 Jan 4
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Citizens for Safety, Trade and Recreation on the Semiahmoo Peninsula
50 MPH
21 MPH
10 minute travel time
10 MPH
Serpentine Trestle
30 MPH
Citizens for Safety, Trade and Recreation on the Semiahmoo Peninsula
Day Night Day Night Total May 14 3 10 2 15 May 15 4 14 4 22 May 16 3 12 2 17 May 17 5 11 2 18 May 18 4 7 3 14 May 19 3 9 3 15 May 20 3 10 2 15
Train Count for 1 week in 2017
Citizens for Safety, Trade and Recreation on the Semiahmoo Peninsula
2005: 5/day 2017: 17/day 2027: ??/day
Richmond, New West, and Vancouver
and the *new* Nicomekl Riverfront Park
Victoria for the one million living SoF
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Jun 2014 UDE: Mechanical / operational failure - Blocks all residential and emergency access to Crescent Beach.
2014/06/26 07:15 - 45 minutes.
Aug 2014 UDE: Mechanical / operational failure - Blocks all residential and emergency access to Crescent Beach.
2014/08/02 09:35 - 180 minutes at McBride, 10 minutes at Beecher.
Dec 2014 UDE: Mechanical / operational failure - Blocks all residential and emergency access to Crescent Beach.
2014/12/27 10:15 - 90 minutes.
Jan 2015 UDE: Mechanical / operational failure - Blocks all residential and emergency access to Crescent Beach.
2015/01/05 01:45 - 280 minutes.
Jan 2015 Three slides from bluff cover track in 3 locations
2015/01/28
2016 – 2017 UDE: Mechanical / operational failure - Blocks all residential and emergency access to Crescent Beach. Mar 2016 Slide from bluff covers track
2016/03/10
Smr 2016 Tree from slope covers track and slide detection wire Mar 2017 Four slides from bluff cover track in 4 locations
2017/03/29
Jul 2017 UDE: Mechanical / operational failure Stopped train prevents an ambulance from entering Crescent Beach.
2017/07/23 – 7 minutes.
Oct 2017 Tree from slope covers track and slide detection wire
2017/10/17
Jan 2018 Five slides from bluff cover track in 6 locations
2018/01/29
Jan 2018 Slide from bluff cover track
2018/01/30
May 2018 UDE: Mechanical / operational failure - Blocks all residential and emergency access to Crescent Beach.
2018/05/30 - 45 minutes.
Jul 2018 UDE: Mechanical / operational failure Blocks all residential and emergency access to Crescent Beach.
2018/07/21 – 120 minutes.
Dec 2018 UDE: Mechanical / operational failure Blocks all residential and emergency access to Crescent Beach.
2018/12/07 – 20 minutes, 140 minutes.
Dec 2018 A slide and 2 fallen trees from bluff cover track in 2 locations Jan 2019 Slide from bluff cover track. Amtrak service halted for more than 48 hours.
2018/01/04
SURREY CRESCENT BEACH
PROMENADE Jan 4 SLIDE 24th AVE ACCESS
Jan 4 / 2019 Jan 4 / 2019 Jan 4 / 2019 Jan 4 / 2019 Jan 4 / 2019
Dec 2018: slide w/ tree#1 Dec 2018: tree#2
2018/01/30 : slide1.a 2018/01/30 : slide1.b
2018/01/29 : slide1 2018/01/29 : slide2.a 2018/01/29 : slide2.b
2018/01/29 : slide3 2018/01/29 : slide4 2018/01/29 : slide5
2017/03/29 : slide1 2017/03/29 : slide2
2017/03/29 : slide3 2017/03/29 : slide4
2016/03/10 2015/01/25 slide 1.a 2015/01/25 slide 1.b
2015/01/25 slide 2 2014/01/22 (one year earlier)
Mar 15, 2013 Meeting with Courtney Wallace and Jules Vanpopta (BNSF) The mitigation benefits of an expanded speed boundary to the community of Crescent Beach are presented by the CBPOA in a meeting with Courtney and Jules. The speed boundary request is recorded in the meeting minutes. Sep 27, 2013 Email from Courtney Wallace (BNSF) following CBPOA requests for an update: “We have taken your (speed boundary) suggestion under consideration and are continuing to study this.” Jan 8, 2014 Meeting with Courtney Wallace and Jules Vanpopta (BNSF) No information is provided regarding the promised BNSF speed boundary study. The speed boundary is again identified as an action item in the meeting minutes sent by Courtney: ”Review speed limits through Crescent Beach per our discussion.” Multiple follow up requests by the CBPOA for a status update of the speed boundary study are not returned by BNSF. Jun 4, 2014 Meeting with Michael Henderson and Luc Chamberland (TC, Head Pacific Region / Head Engineering) Identification of proximity issues at Crescent Beach and the proposal for a speed boundary extension to include the south beach track curve. Prior to the meeting, Luc visits the south Crescent Beach track and noted several beach going trespassers. Luc and Mike agree to either personally represent the proposal to James Titsworth at BNSF, or to arrange for the CBPOA to represent the proposal to BNSF directly. 2015 Follow-up emails are exchanged between the CBPOA and (TC) Marc Gringon and James Horbay on the speed boundary proposal and rail related issues. Marc represents the speed boundary proposal to BNSF. On May 15, Marc sends a request to Jess Ketchum asking Jess to provide the CBPOA with the appropriate BNSF management contact to receive a direct presentation of the proposal by the CBPOA. On June 9, Marc sends the CBPOA an email stating that BNSF did not respond to his request. In that email Marc provides the CBPOA with Jess’s email address and suggests the CBPOA try to initiate contact directly. In a separate email on June 9, James provides the CBPOA with the update: “BNSF believe the noise and separation issues can be effectively mitigated by working with individual locomotive engineers to plan throttle and brake transitions very conservatively.” Feb 6, 2015 Email: Robert Dick / Trevor Heryet / Marc Gringon (TC) A UDE at the Crescent Beach south track curve occurs at the location identified as a point of risk in a June 5, 2014 email to TC. The train breaks in half and block all access into and out
enacting an expanded speed boundary.