Engineering

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