Guide for Developing,
Implementing and Enhancing Railway
Safety Management Systems
December 2010
Description: The 2010 edition of the
Guide, along with its two annexes: Annex
1 - Best Practices, and Annex 2 - Best
Practices for Small Railways were
drafted through the collaborative
efforts of the Railway Safety Act review
SMS Working Group. The Working Group,
which included representatives of
Transport Canada, railway companies,
railway unions, provinces and the
Railway Association of Canada, was
formed in 2008 to respond to
recommendations 17, 18 and 24 of the
2007 Railway Safety Act Review,
concerning the implementation of SMS.
Fatigue Management Plans: Requirements
and Assessment Guidelines
September 2010
Description: This document provides
detailed recommendations for developing
fatigue management plans, and includes
guidelines for assessing the quality of
those plans.
No. 12: Blue Flag Guide for Mechanical
Employees (pdf 54kb)
(Effective April 1, 2010 )
Canadian Railway Medical Rules Handbook
(pdf 1mb)
Revised: December 2011
Description: This handbook was designed
to provide Canadian railway companies
and medical service providers with the
information necessary to implement the
Railway Medical Rules for Positions
Critical to Safe Railway Operations
(Railway Medical Rules and Railway Rules
Governing Safety Critical Positions).
Qs & A's on the Conversion of Railway
Radio Communication to Narrowband
Technology. (pdf 34kb)
Version: June 2009
Description: The following Q&A is
designed to address general concerns
about the transition to narrowband.
Guide to Railway Charges
for Crossing Maintenance and
Construction (pdf 188kb)
Version: July 2008
Description: This Guide to Railways
Charges for Crossing Maintenance and
Construction, formerly known as
"Schedule A Directives", is effective as
of July 1, 2008. It provides a
third-party assessment of rail costs.
This guide may be used by Canadian
federally-regulated railways when
charging for work performed at
crossings, crossing warning systems, or
for any other crossing-related work
either agreed to by the parties or
authorized by an order of the Agency.
The rates contained in that document are
developed from Class I railway
accounting data and might not be
suitable for regional and shortline
railways
No. 13: Recommended Practices for Manual
Protection of Highway/Railway Grade
Crossings (pdf 378kb)
MC-3: Steam Locomotive Inspection,
Maintenance, and Operating Standards (pdf
502kb)
No. 2: Settlement of Car Hire Between
Canadian Railways (pdf 6kb)
No. 3: General Instructions for Handling
Perishable Traffic (pdf 16kb)
No. 4: Suggested Overhead Charges on
Direct Labour (pdf 7kb)
Description: Suggested Overhead Charges
on Direct Labour
No. 5: Procedures
Governing the Application for Authority
to Use Privately Owned Specialty Covered
Hopper Cars on Canadian Lines (pdf 7kb)
No. 6: Passenger Train Handling - Safety
& Emergency Procedures (pdf 37kb)
No. 9: Canadian Radio Frequency
Assignment (pdf 8kb)
No. 10: Guidelines for
the Submission of Radio Authorization
Requests to the Railway Association of
Canada (pdf 48kb)
No. 11: Safe Securement
of Railway Equipment (pdf 28kb)
DG-1: Instructions for
the Safe Handling of Railway Cars Loaded
with Dangerous Goods Delayed in Transit
on Railway Property (pdf 78kb)
DG-2: Instructions for the Transfer Of
Dangerous Goods in Bulk on Railway
Property (pdf 97kb)
DG-3: Recommended Practices for the
Handling of Rail Incidents Involving
Dangerous Goods (pdf 34kb)
DG-4: Guidelines for
handling non-compliant cars containing
Dangerous Goods (loads and residues) (pdf
46kb)
