MONTREAL — Political pressure is building as a strike against the Canadian National Railway enters its second day. More than 3,000 CN conductors, train persons, and yard workers walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday after the railroad and its largest union, the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference, failed to forge a […]
MONTREAL — More than 3,000 Canadian National Railway conductors, train persons and yard workers have walked off the job after the railroad and its largest labor union failed to forge a new agreement before a midnight deadline. Over the weekend, the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference issued a 72-hour strike notice against CN [See: “CN served […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National has announced the departure of Michael Foster, a fast-rising member of its executive team. Foster, executive vice-president and chief information and technology officer, will leave as of Nov. 29. The company says he is leaving for personal reasons, moving back to the United States to be closer to his family and […]
Athearn Trains HO scale EMD SD45T-2 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD45T-2 diesel locomotive. St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt, American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one number, scarlet and gray with Roman lettering in four numbers), Southern Pacific (1990s version with SP light removed and faded paint in three numbers), National Railway Equipment (Southern […]
Atlas HO scale EMD GP40-2(W) Atlas HO scale GP40-2(W) rear view The GP40-2(W) has returned to the Atlas lineup. But this four-axle road switcher, based on a General Motors Diesel Division (GMDD) prototype, has been upgraded since we last reviewed it back in the October 2011 issue. The model now features a dual-mode ESU LokSound […]
British Columbia’s West Coast Railway Association has unveiled its FP9 restored to Canadian National’s ‘zebra stripe’ paint scheme. Christian Vazzaz SQUAMISH, British Columbia — A British Columbia railroad museum has restored a Canadian National FP9 to its historic red, black, and white zebra stripe scheme. On Nov. 17, the West Coast Railway Association celebrated the […]
MONTREAL — The union representing conductors and rail yard coordinators in Canada has given Canadian National Railway 72-hour notice of its intent to strike. The strike could begin at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday. The Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference — Conductors, Trainpersons and Yardpersons (TCRC-CTY) represents approximately 3,200 CN employees. It served notice of […]
A Canadian National train passes through Blue Island, Ill., on Sept. 16, 2019. CN will lay off management and union employees in both the U.S. and Canada, the railroad confirmed Friday. TRAINS: David Lassen MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway will cut management and union jobs, a move that could affect as many as 1,600 employees […]
A broken flange on this wheel caused a 2018 derailment of a Canadian National train in Manitoba. Transportation Safety Board of Canada OTTAWA — A 2018 derailment of a train near the Manitoba-Ontario border was caused by a cracked wheel with a previously detected fault which did not meet U.S. safety guidelines, but did not […]
Canadian National has donated this SW1500 to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay. The railroad gave the locomotive a full overhaul prior to the donation; the museum then repainted it into its current scheme. National Railroad Museum GREEN BAY, Wis. — Canadian National has donated an SW1500 locomotive to the National Railroad Museum in […]
The F units lead an office car train at Harrisburg, Pa., prior to their renumbering. Dan Cupper ALTOONA, Pa. – Norfolk Southern has put its A-B-B-A set of executive F unit locomotives up for auction, according to an assets-disposition bidding sheet distributed on Nov. 6 and obtained by Trains News Wire. Regularly assigned to NS’s […]
FULL SCREEN Photo by Bryan Bechtold Runner-up: To appreciate the daunting task of the transcontinental railroad builders, you need only go west to Wyoming. The modern Union Pacific Railroad remains tested by the same vast landscape that challenged the pioneers. In a scene repeated for 150 years, a manifest train climbs out of Rock River, […]
