Transcript Crossing Closures & Quiet Zones, Canadian Pacific

Crossing Closures & Quiet Zones
National Association of
Counties Rail Conference
Naperville, Illinois
April 2011
Canadian Pacific’s Network
Vision: To be the safest, most fluid railway in North America
 Track miles:
14,800
 Total employees:
15,500
 Annual carloads:
2.7 Million
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Book of business
Diversified portfolio provides platform for growth
Mix of business
Bulk
(2010 freight revenues)
23%
Grain
10%
Coal
10%
Sulphur &Fertilizer
29%
43%
Merchandise
Forest Products
28%
6%
19%
4%
Industrial Products
Automotive
Intermodal
Bulk
Intermodal
Merchandise
International
Domestic
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13%
15%
Quiet Zones
Whistle Bans Governed by Federal Regulators
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Federal Railroad Administration requires that locomotive horns be
sounded as a warning to highway users at public highway-rail crossings.
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Information to establish a quiet zone is at www.fra.dot.gov

Use of locomotive horns is an essential component to highway-rail
crossing safety. In addition to highway warning devices such as
crossbucks, lights and gates, use of the whistle alerts motorists and
pedestrians of oncoming trains.
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Process Overview
Agreement Process
1. Open process by proving other party general objectives of proposal.
2. Hold preliminary meeting to discuss each party's process objectives.
Establish basis for objects and credibility of negotiating parties.
3. Make proper personnel available for all discussions.
4. Identify: process, understandings of parties, sources for fact-based
decisions, barriers, potential solutions.
5. Avoid drawing lines in the sand, issuing ultimatums or burning bridges.
6. Identify areas of agreement.
7. Repeat 3-6 until all areas resolved.
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Bellevue Proposals
 Original Proposal April 2009:
CP suggests 9 crossing
closures and train speed
increase to 30 mph.
 City countered with 5
closures, 15 mph speed.
 Final Agreement Oct. 2010:
7 closures, 20 mph speed.
At CP expense, renew 4
crossings with concrete and
one with timber.
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