ROGERS PASS, British Columbia — A Canadian Pacific train derailed after being struck by an avalanche over the weekend. At 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 21, a CP intermodal train was struck by an avalanche on Rogers Pass in British Columbia’s Glacier National Park. Seven cars derailed in the incident and no one was injured, spokeswoman […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway reports it has returned to normal operation, catching up on the backlog created from an eight-day strike in Canada in November. The railroad cited performance indicators showing the railroad is within normal operational ranges. The Nov. 19-27 strike by members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference reduced the railroad to […]
HAMILTON, Ontario — The Ontario provincial government has cancelled C$1 billion in funding for a proposed light rail project in Hamilton, a decision that Hamilton mayor Fred Eisenberger called “a betrayal” of his city. Monday’s decision came on an afternoon the CBC called “chaotic,” as a press conference to announce the move was cancelled in […]
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — The City of Saskatoon is proposing that Canadian Pacific and Canadian National share CN’s line south of the city, which would take CP traffic out of downtown. City director of transportation Jay Magus told the city council earlier this week that both railroads have been approached about the proposal, the Saskatoon Star […]
Canadian grain hoppers move through the Columbia Gorge in Oregon on Union Pacific in June 2018. In the wake of the recent Canadian National Railway strike, grain farmers in Canada want rail deliveries declared an essential service, which would bar employee strikes. TRAINS: David Lassen CALGARY — Nearly three weeks after a strike against Canadian […]
A shifting load led to this 2018 Canadian Pacific derailment in Quebec, according to a Transportation Safety Board of Canada report. Transportation Safety Board of Canada DORVAL, Quebec — A shifting load caused a 21 cars of a 95-car Canadian Pacific train to derail in Quebec in July 2018, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway is preparing to move some of its dispatchers from its Montreal rail traffic control center to Edmonton, Alberta. The railroad tells the Montreal Gazette that fewer than 15 people will be reassigned to Edmonton, but officials from the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference say some members have been told that the […]
REGINA, Saskatchewan — Canadian Pacific workers are cleaning up after a train hauling crude oil derailed and caught fire on Monday. In a Tuesday statement, a railroad representative confirmed that 34 cars of a train derailed early on Jan. 9. Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigators are expected to look into to the incident, according […]
REGINA, Saskatchewan — Royal Canadian Mounted Police are diverting traffic away from roads near a derailment of a Canadian Pacific train in Saskatchewan. The RCMP for Saskatchewan’s Twitter account began posting shortly after 7 a.m. on the derailment and fire. A Canadian Pacific representative tells Trains the derailment happened west of Guernsey, Sask., and that […]
An Expo Line SkyTrain stops at the Main Street/Science World station in April 2018. The Expo Line is one of two SkyTrain routes that will be shut down by a strike beginning Tuesday. Scott A. Hartley VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Workers on Vancouver’s SkyTrain rail system are scheduled to go on strike Tuesday morning, setting […]
LAC–MÉGANTIC, Quebec — The Canadian government says the sale of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway to Canadian Pacific will have little impact on the plan to build a rail bypass around a town devastated by a 2013 oil train derailment. In 2018, the Canadian government announced it would help fund a $100 million effort […]
Keith Creel, Canadian Pacific CEO Canadian Pacific PALM BEACH, Fla. — Piece by piece, Canadian Pacific wants to reacquire routes it cast off east of Montreal two decades ago. In November, CP said it would acquire the 401-mile Central Maine & Quebec, a deal that includes former CP trackage from Montreal to Maine and a […]
