ROSSER, Manitoba — The Canadian government will contribute up to C$18 million toward development of a rail-served industrial park near Winnipeg, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced Wednesday. Funds for the CentrePort Canada project will help pay for an additional switch connecting to the adjacent Canadian Pacific main line, several kilometers of track within the park, […]
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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators today gave the green light to the historic merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. Their $31.6 billion deal — thought to be the last merger between two Class I railroads — redraws the North American rail map by creating the first railroad linking Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. The […]
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The Canadian customs agent checks your passport and gives you a puzzled look when you explain that you just landed in Vancouver so that you can head to Toronto tomorrow. The poor young chap cannot wrap his head around the concept of taking VIA Rail Canada’s Canadian 2,800 miles simply for the fun of it. […]
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CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific reported strong fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday and expects to see volume growth this year despite economic uncertainty. The railway’s earnings call was a sideshow to the main event: The pending Surface Transportation Board decision on the proposed CP-Kansas City Southern merger. “We finished the year with the people, capacity […]
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PORT COLBORNE, Ontario — The Canadian government will invest up to C$22.7 million to rebuild three long-idle wharves along the Welland Canal on the St. Lawrence Seaway in Port Colborne, generating marine traffic that will move by rail or truck, Transport Canada has announced. The federal funding will be backed by $22.6 million from the […]
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SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario — The Canadian government will invest up to C$10.5 million in infrastructure improvements on the Huron Central Railway, maintaining the railroad’s viability as a freight operator between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury, Ont., Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced Tuesday. The federal funds will be matched by equal figures from the government […]
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National Steel Car barrel ore hopper from Rapido Scale: N (1:160) Price: Single car, $42.95; three-pack, $128.85; six-pack, $257.70 Era: 1967+ (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 Canada; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com National Steel Car barrel ore hopper features: Two carbodies representing short and long barrel […]
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OTTAWA — The Canadian government will require railroads to provide more detailed information on traffic and performance under amendments to Canada’s Transportation Information Regulations, Transport Canada announced on Monday, Jan. 9. The information, to be reported weekly, will be published on the government’s Transportation Data and Information Hub. The new rules take effect April 4, […]
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Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific were the only major Class I railroads to show volume growth in 2022. UP took the crown among the top six systems, with its overall traffic up 2%. The increase was driven by a 5% gain in carload traffic, including a 9% jump in coal volume. UP’s intermodal traffic was […]
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HAMILTON, Ontario — Railcar manufacturer National Steel Car has been fined C$140,000 in a case involving the death of a crane operator in 2020, Global News reports. A worker later identified by the United Steelworkers Local 7135 as 51-year-old Fraser Cowan was killed in a Sept. 2, 2020, incident in which an object fell on […]
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MONTREAL — A Quebec judge has found that Canadian Pacific is not liable in the 2013 runaway-train disaster that killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The Canadian Press reports that Justice Martin Bureau ruled Wednesday that the actions of which Canadian Pacific was accused were not the “direct, immediate and logical cause” of the July […]
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Rapido Canadian 3800 cylindrical hopper Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Single car, $54.95; six-pack, $329.70 Era: 1965+ (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 Canada; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com Canadian 3800 cylindrical hopper features: Round-hatch or Trough-hatch design Dofasco S-2 100-ton trucks Two body variations with 6- or […]
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