U.S. President Donald Trump The White House WASHINGTON — The railroad industry was pleased that the U.S. and Canada were able to strike a free trade deal on Sunday, ending nearly two years of uncertainty between two of the world’s largest trading partners. Independent rail analyst Anthony B. Hatch of ABH Consulting says details in the […]
Aerial view of Saturday’s fatal derailment. Transportation Safety Board of Canada THOMPSON, Manitoba – An official with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a washed out culvert led to a fatal derailment on the Hudson Bay Railway on Sept. 15. A 38-year-old man died Saturday evening when an HBR train derailed on a bridge […]
DORVAL, Quebec – In its investigation report (R17Q0061) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) determined that bottling of the air in the brake pipe during switching operations led to the July 2017 uncontrolled movement of rail cars in Mai, located 128 miles north of Sept-Îles, Quebec. On 25 July 2017, a southbound […]
Canadian National CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian shipments of crude by rail, which are already moving at record volumes to the U.S., could double by the end of 2019 as tight pipeline capacity forces oil producers to turn to railroads. With pipeline capacity maxed out in Canada, the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline dealt a blow by […]
The Town of Churchill announced the sale of the Hudson Bay Railway on its Facebook page. CHURCHILL, Manitoba — A deal has finally been reached to sell the Hudson Bay Railway, the currently closed line which provides the only ground transportation option to Churchill, on Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba. A post on the town’s […]
Canadian National MONTREAL — Canadian National will eventually double-track its busy main line between Edmonton, Alberta, and Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the pace of the capacity additions matching traffic growth. Less than 100 miles of the 800-mile corridor is currently double iron, Chief Operating Officer Mike Cory says, not including the five sections of double-track that’s […]
FULL SCREEN Owen Laukkanen A view from a July 11 freight train derailment near Pemberton, British Columbia. No injuries were reported. FULL SCREEN Owen Laukkanen A view from a July 11 freight train derailment near Pemberton, British Columbia. FULL SCREEN Owen Laukkanen A view from a July 11 freight train derailment near Pemberton, British Columbia. […]
A view of containerships at the rail terminal in Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Port of Prince Rupert via Twitter PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – Canadian National will get another intermodal boost from the fast-growing Port of Prince Rupert, which on Tuesday announced a container port expansion that should be complete in 2022. The port […]
You don’t need to go west to find the mountains. Canadian Pacific ES440AC No. 8800 is down to hardly a crawl going up and over the Niagara Escarpment on the Galt Sub between Milton and Guelph Junction, Ontario. Photo by Brandon Muir […]
With its UP cab signal-equipped leader removed, the business train heads east from Proviso Yard towards interchange with Norfolk Southern in Chicago. Mark Hinsdale CHICAGO – Union Pacific dispatched its business train from Council Bluffs, Iowa, eastward on Wednesday towards Croxton, N.J., via Chicago. The special, symbolled PCHCH3 30 departed early in the morning of […]
MONTREAL — VIA Rail Canada cancelled two departures of its flagship train, the Vancouver-Toronto Canadian, over the weekend, in an effort to recover after a westbound train fell almost two days behind schedule [see “‘Canadian’ trip facing epic delays,” Trains News Wire, May 25] Cancelled were the westbound train that was originally scheduled to depart […]
TORONTO — VIA Rail Canada’s Canadian is notorious for delays. But a trip this week from Toronto to Vancouver is proving to be spectacularly late, even by VIA standards. The CBC reports that as of Thursday afternoon, the westbound Canadian was some 45 hours behind schedule, after leaving Toronto 26 hours late. While VIA has […]
