D Bromiley iuo° Regnai vice Presicent A Hill eemestaty Wes Dee: nanan and Mame ance E Lyttle uo wtb ete sy Be Suite 900, Granville Square 200 Granville Street Vancouver, 6.C. V6C 2R3 CP Rail October 10, 1986 File: T-704 Mayor L.M. Traboulay 2272 McAllister Avenue Port Coquitiam, B.C. V3C 2A8 Dear Mayor Trabculay: I would like to. bring you up to date about developments related to the “cabooseless train" issue which is .: currently being examined by the Canadian Transport Commisston. In its decision of September 1985, the Commission ordered the railways to conduct an extensive series of tests and surveys to determine the reliability of ends. of-train information systems and to record certain functions performed by caboose crews so that the contri- bution of these functions to train safety could be analyzed. These tests were conducted from November 1985 through June 1986 over approximately 700,000 km of track reflecting varying climatic, geographic and operating conditions. We are confident that the careful examination of test results which will be undertaken during the next round of public hearings will demonstrate that cabooseless train operations can be introduced without compromising the safety of railway operations.