CN Audit Report

Background: As part of the Surface Transportation Board’s ongoing oversight process, the Board conducted an independent audit and verification of Canadian National Railway’s November and December 2009 monthly reports required by Decision No. 16 of STB Finance Docket No. 35087, Canadian National Ry. and Grand Trunk Corp, - Control – EJ&E West Co.   The Board reviewed and audited the information CN has provided, and complaints the Board has received, related to noise and vibration, train volumes and street blockages, vehicle delays and traffic congestion at grade crossings, operational accidents, and public grade crossing signs that were the subject of the Board’s conditions. The Board provided the communities located along the EJ&E rail line the opportunity to complete a questionnaire concerning CN's communication and consultation with communities' emergency response and fire protection agencies, hazardous materials training and CN’s voluntary mitigation agreements.

In response to the audit, the Board issued Decision No. 23.

Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) Data and Dispatcher Information
April 26, 2010 - CN letter to STB (PDF 205KB)
Raw RTU Data with Summary Sheets:
2007 (zip 41.11MB); 2008 (zip 42.25MB); 2009 (zip 33.55MB); 2010 (zip 12.79MB)
Resubmitted Reports Using RTU Data (Excel Spreadsheet 4.40MB)
Dispatcher Spreadsheets for Blocked Crossing Reports (zip 676KB)
April 27, 2010 - CN letter to STB (PDF 39KB)
CN cRTU Notification Data (Excel Spreadsheet 45KB)

August 3, 2010 - CN letter to STB - Refiling Data (PDF 1021KB)
Raw RTU Data with Summary Sheets (revised):
2007 (zip 3.61MB); 2008 (zip 7.00MB); 2009 (zip 6.12MB); 2010 (zip 4.13MB)
Table 1 - Revised Crossing Blockages (PDF 130KB)
Table 2 - Comparision of Initial and Revised Crossing Blockages (PDF 131KB)

If you have problems downloading any of the information above, please call the CN hotline (1-800-347-0689) to request a DVD disk to be mailed to you.

Hearing Statements
Statement of Gordon Trafton, II STB Hearing April 26, 2010 (PDF 33KB)
Automated Crossing Warning Device Activations of 10 min or more for all
RTU-Equipped EJ&E Crossings Chart (PDF 113KB)

Public Comments
Interested parties have until May 28, 2010, to submit comments on HDR’s audit and the RTU-data.

July 28, 2010 - TRAC Letter to STB (PDF 602KB)
May 28, 2010 - CN Letter to STB (PDF 538KB) and Exhibits (PDF 437KB)
May 28, 2010 - IL and IN Delegation Letter to STB (PDF 98KB)
May 28, 2010 - TRAC Letter to STB (PDF 2.85MB)
March 25, 2010 - TRAC Letter - Comments on Grade Crossing Signs Memo (PDF 144KB)
February 2, 2010 - TRAC Letter - Comments on Community Survey (PDF 122KB)
January 1, 2010 - TRAC Letter - Comments on Signage (PDF 84KB)

Summary Report
Final Report with Task Memo Appendices (PDF 6.44MB)

Final Report without Task Memo Appendices (PDF 259KB)

Task 1 - Community and Agency Outreach
Technical Memo - Task 1 (PDF 391KB)

Task 2 - Investigate Complaints of Train Noise and Vibrations
Technical Memo - Task 2 (PDF 99KB)

Task 3 - Train Volumes and Street Blockages
Technical Memo - Task 3 (PDF 467KB)

Task 4 - Vehicle Delays and Traffic Congestion at Selected Grade Crossings
Technical Memo - Task 4 (PDF 4.16MB)

Task 5 - Review of Operational Accidents
Technical Memo - Task 5 (PDF 1.02MB)

Task 6 - Public Grade Crossing Signs
Technical Memo - Task 6 (PDF 441KB)

Time Extension Letter - HDR - March 29, 2010 (PDF 53KB)