Large train derailment reported near Lestock, Sask. https://t.co/5KWuJ3oZv3 — CTV Regina (@ctvregina) March 12, 2026 WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is dispatching an investigator to the derailment of a Canadian National train today (March 12) near Leross, Saskatchewan, the TSB has announced. The CBC reports that 49 cars of potash derailed […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — VIA Rail Canada’s interim CEO faced pointed questions about equipment problems and remote service during a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday, with equipment reliability issues spurring a resolution calling for VIA’s upcoming long-distance equipment purchase to follow “Buy Canadian” rules. The session before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, and […]
CALGARY, Alberta — A switch crew’s “adaptations” of written rules contributed to a CPKC collision and derailment in a yard at Coalhurst, Alberta, on Feb. 11, 2024, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in an investigation report issued today (March 11, 2026). Also contributing, the TSB said, was that a utility employee providing switching […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — An arbitrator has ordered Canadian National to reinvest in its Transcona Wheel Shop, return work to in-house, and compensate affected workers, the Unifor union said today. The ruling stems from CN’s closure of the wheel shop, traction motor shop, and air brake shop at the yard in Winnipeg during the COVID-19 pandemic […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National experienced its best February on record for Canadian grain movements, the railroad said on Thursday, March 5. CN moved more than 2.67 metric tons of grain from Western Canada, the railroad said in a press release, demonstrating its ability to meet peak-season shipping demand. CPKC said earlier this week that it […]
Canada’s Alto high-speed rail project, which is currently in the process of determining the exact route for the Toronto-Montreal-Quebec City project, is running into growing local opposition along its potential path. Farm organizations in Ontario and Quebec have called for the project to be paused for a more careful assessment, and open houses that are […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — VIA Rail Canada needs to improve service and to address some managerial practices, the Auditor General of Canada says in a report issued Friday (Feb. 27). But an audit generally found the company to be well run. The audit report’s assessment of VIA operations notes that the company owns just 3% of […]
CALGARY, Alberta — Incomplete training of a maintenance supervisor played a part in the derailment of a CPKC intermodal train near Brooks, Alberta, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said today in releasing its report on the Feb. 5, 2024, incident. The derailment involved the trailing unit of two locomotives at the front of the […]
OTTAWA — Given the myriad of current issues with VIA Rail Canada performance, it would be reasonable to think that a parliamentary hearing entitled “Improving VIA Rail’s Safety and Customer Service” could lead to a substantial number of passenger rail questions for Canadian Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon. That’s not the way things played out before […]
MONTREAL — Shortened consists resulting from a Jan. 11 accident involving VIA Rail Canada’s triweekly Ocean continue to limit capacity even though the Montreal-Halifax, Nova Scotia, train resumed operation on Jan. 30. Meanwhile, 1950s-vintage Rail Diesel Cars serving remote Ontario communities between Sudbury and White River on CPKC’s main line are finally set to return […]
TORONTO — Hitachi Rail will open a new Canadian headquarters in Toronto, the company announced today. The 125,000-square-foot headquarters will span 5.5 floors at Consilium Place, a three-building complex in Toronto’s Scarborough district, and is due to open this summer. It will host the company’s Global CBTC Competence Centre, which provides engineering and technical expertise […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Beginning April 7 from Denver and April 10 from Salt Lake City, Rocky Mountaineer’s U.S. brand, Canyon Spirit, will begin operating weekly “Rockies to Red Rocks” round trips. These travel on the California Zephyr’s route plus passage over Union Pacific’s Cane Creek branch in Utah through mid-November. However, there are no […]
