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No crude in old rail cars

Transport Minister Marc Garneau is confirming older DOT-111 rail tanker cars will not be able to transport crude oil as of Nov. 1.

The cars are the same model that was involved in the deadly Lac-Megantic tragedy in which 47 people died three years ago.

The ban kicks in on Nov. 1, six months earlier than planned for "non-jacketed" cars — those without a layer of thermal protection — and 16 months earlier than cars with jackets.

Garneau made the official announcement in Montreal today, a few days after telling The Canadian Press about the news in an interview.

On July 6, 2013, a runaway freight train pulling 72 crude-oil laden DOT-111s derailed and exploded, killing 47 people and flattening downtown Lac-Megantic.



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