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Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

Version of section 10.6 from 2020-02-19 to 2026-06-16:
 


  • 10.6 (1) Unless it is likely to have a serious impact on train dynamics, a person must not, in a train, locate a railway vehicle that contains dangerous goods described in column 1 of the table to this subsection for which a placard is required to be displayed in accordance with Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Safety Marks), next to a railway vehicle described in the same row in column 2.

    TABLE

    ItemColumn 1Column 2
    Dangerous GoodsRailway Vehicle
    1Any class of dangerous goods

    • (a) an operating engine or an engine tender unless all the railway vehicles in the train, other than engines, tenders and cabooses, have placards displayed on them;

    • (b) an occupied railway vehicle unless all the other railway vehicles in the train, other than engines, tenders and cabooses, are occupied or have placards displayed on them;

    • (c) a railway vehicle that has a continual source of ignition; or

    • (d) any open railway vehicle,

      • (i) when the lading protrudes beyond the railway vehicle and may shift during transport, or

      • (ii) when the lading is higher than the top of the railway vehicle and may shift during transport.

    2Dangerous goods included in Class 1.1 or Class 1.2Any railway vehicle that is required to have a placard displayed on it for Class 2, 3, 4 or 5
    3

    UN1008, BORON TRIFLUORIDE COMPRESSED

    UN1026, CYANOGEN

    UN1051, HYDROGEN CYANIDE, STABILIZED

    UN1067, DINITROGEN TETROXIDE or NITROGEN DIOXIDE

    UN1076, PHOSGENE

    UN1589, CYANOGEN CHLORIDE, STABILIZED

    UN1614, HYDROGEN CYANIDE, STABILIZED

    UN1660, NITRIC OXIDE, COMPRESSED

    UN1911, DIBORANE, COMPRESSED

    UN1975, NITRIC OXIDE AND DINITROGEN TETROXIDE MIXTURE or NITRIC OXIDE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE MIXTURE

    UN2188, ARSINE

    UN2199, PHOSPHINE

    UN2204, CARBONYL SULPHIDE or CARBONYL SULFIDE

    UN3294, HYDROGEN CYANIDE, SOLUTION IN ALCOHOL

    		Any railway vehicle that is required to have a placard displayed on it for Class 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 unless the railway vehicle next to it contains the same dangerous goods

  • (2) Dangerous goods that are being transported in railway vehicles in a train from the United States to Canada or from the United States through Canada to a place outside Canada may be located in the train in accordance with sections 174.84 and 174.85 of 49 CFR.

  • SOR/2008-34, s. 87

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