Transport Canada’s Rail Safety Engineering Branch is responsible for safety standards and monitoring audit and inspection programs of railway infrastructure including tracks, bridges, trespassing (access control), road crossings, railway signal systems and wayside safety devices. The branch is also responsible for identifying crossing safety improvements under the Grade Crossing Improvement Program, the elimination of train whistling in communities, and for ensuring the conduct of environmental assessments as required under the Canadian Environment Assessment Act (CEAA). 

Staff - Engineering

• T.M. Coghlan, Director
  (613) 990-7068, coghlam@tc.gc.ca
• Daniel Lafontaine, Chief, Crossing
  (613) 990-4515, lafontd@tc.gc.ca
• Frederick Rose, Chief, Infrastructure
  (613) 991-1262, rosef@tc.gc.ca
• Luc Massé, Chief Railway Signals and Communications
  (613) 990-7357, massel@tc.gc.ga
• Pierre Mayer, Signal Systems Officer
  (613) 990-7135, mayerpe@tc.gc.ca
• Dennis Hutton, Signal Systems Officer
  (613) 990-7442, huttond@tc.gc.ca
• Phil Poichuk, Senior Crossing Engineer
  (613) 990-7498, poichup@tc.gc.ca
• Pierre Rasoldier, Senior Crossing Engineer
  (613) 991-1266, rasoldp@tc.gc.ca
• Mark Zadarnowski, Senior Right of Way Engineer
  (613) 990-7746, zadarnm@tc.gc.ca
• Ryan Rickard, Right of Way Engineer
  (613) 990-4517, rickarl@tc.gc.ca
• Robert Pratt, Senior Track Engineer
  (613) 991-6716, prattr@tc.gc.ca