VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian National and Canadian Pacific were both able to operate rail service through the Thompson and Fraser River canyons on Friday, the Port of Vancouver informed customers, while cautioning that wildfire activity in British Columbia’s interior continues and “impacts to rail operations are evolving and changing quickly.”
Both railroads had halted operations east of Lytton, B.C., on Friday at the request of the B.C. Wildfire Service. The port reported CN’s former British Columbia Railway line between Vancouver and Prince George remains closed because of fires.
Port congestion at Vancouver is considerable as a result of the rail shutdowns that began June 28 when a fire devastated the town of Lytton.
