The first section of your rail news for Wednesday morning: — VIA Rail Canada has cancelled service through Thursday between Montreal and Toronto, and Toronto and Ottawa, because of the ongoing blockade of Canadian National Railway tracks at Belleville, Ontario. Service continues between Ottawa and Montreal, Montreal and Quebec City, and west of Toronto in […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National says a shutdown of significant parts of its Canadian network is imminent “unless the blockades on its rail lines are removed.” The blockades, which Feb. 6 near Belleville, Ontario, have spread to other locations throughout Canada. They are in response to and support of an indigenous group’s protest over construction of […]
A look at Tuesday morning rail news: — Montreal has become the latest city where protestors are blocking rail lines in support of pipeline protests in British Columbia. This morning, commuter rail service exo cancelled trains on its Candiac line for the second straight day because of blocked line, substituting bus service, CTV news reports. […]
MONTREAL — In response to Canada’s new speed restrictions on trains carrying hazardous material, Canadian National has issued an embargo on crude oil propane, and TIH (toxic inhalation hazard) materials. In a notice to customers, the railroad says it will “continue to move these commodities, but manage the flow through a permit process from our […]
Catching up on weekend rail news: — Protesters continued to block Canadian National rail lines near Belleville, Ontario, disrupting Canadian National and VIA Rail Canada. The National Post reports that VIA cancelled 18 trains on Sunday and said service will not resume “until the issue is resolved.” The indigenous group blocking the tracks is demonstrating […]
Quite a bit of rail news for your Friday morning: — Passenger and freight traffic has been stopped since Thursday evening by protestors blocking Canadian National rail lines in southern Ontario, the CBC reports. VIA Rail Canada cancelled evening Thursday evening service between Toronto and Montreal, and Toronto and Ottawa, has cancelled some trains today, […]
MONTREAL — Conductors, train persons, and yard workers have ratified a new three-year labor agreement with Canadian National, two months after walking off the job for a week. On Friday, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference announced that 91.3% of their 3,000 members voted in favor of the new deal. The new contract addresses a number […]
A Canadian Pacific stack train, with a few auto racks tacked onto the front end, passes through Wauwatosa, Wis., on Jan. 28, 2020. CP reported record results in its quarterly earnings call Wednesday. TRAINS: David Lassen Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel TRAINS: David Lassen CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific, the lone Class I railroad to […]
MONTREAL – Canadian National’s fourth quarter earnings declined sharply due to the impact of a nine-day conductor strike in Canada and weakening freight demand, the railway reported on Tuesday. The railway’s quarterly operating income declined 16%, to $1.2 billion, as revenue dipped 6%, to $3.6 billion. Earnings per share, adjusted for the impact of one-time […]
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — A Canadian National request to expand facilities in East Chicago is drawing fire from residents and environmental groups, who say the additional tracks will be used to store cars full of petroleum coke, a refining byproduct which can be used as fuel. The Times of Northwest Indiana reports CN said in […]
LOMBARD, Ill. – Class I railroad mergers are not the sure path to efficiency gains that they once were within the industry. So says Canadian National President and CEO JJ Ruest at the winter meeting of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers in Lombard on Thursday. Ruest notes that as the entire industry has […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in December that a railroad can countersue allegedly negligent employees who have already sued the railroad for injuries they received in an accident they may have caused. The court ruled that counterclaims filed by a railroad against its allegedly negligent employees are not prohibited by the Federal […]
