VANCOUVER — A 56-year-old Canadian Pacific employee was killed on the job this week at the railroad’s yard in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, near Vancouver. Spokesman Andy Cummings confirms an employee was killed on Dec. 2 but offered few details about the events surrounding the incident. He says a “thorough investigation is underway.” The Transportation […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National has announced it is implementing a “recovery plan” to respond to the traffic backlog created by an eight-day strike, Canada’s longest rail work stoppage in a decade — an effort that could include bringing back some recently laid-off workers. The railroad and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, representing conductors, train persons, and […]
NOTE: The strike has reached a tentative conclusion on Tuesday afternoon. MONTREAL – The Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference is taking its grievances with Canadian National public as its strike against the Class I railroad enters its second week. On Monday, the union released a 7-minute audio recording of a dispatcher apparently forcing a train crew […]
MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific will build a new transload terminal in Montreal, with the first phase of the project to open in June 2020. The 118,000-square-foot facility, to be operated by Quebec-based transportation and warehousing firm TYT Group, will be served by more than 4,000 feet of existing track at CP’s Cote Saint-Luc Yard. It […]
MONTREAL — While pressure is increasing for the Canadian government to intervene in a strike against Canadian National Railway, government Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Friday that a negotiated agreement is “the most probable and the quickest way to solve” the situation. The strike by Teamsters Canada Rail Conference conductors, train crew persons, and yard […]
NEW YORK — Canadian Pacific will upgrade Central Maine & Quebec trackage so that the route linking Montreal and Atlantic ports can handle premium intermodal and automotive traffic, Chief Marketing Officer John Brooks told the RailTrends 2019 conference on Friday. CP announced this week that it will acquire the CM&Q from Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure […]
MONTREAL – It appears there is no end in sight for the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference’s four-day-old strike against Canadian National. A spokesperson for the Teamsters says “no substantive progress” has been made at the negotiating table in recent days although the union and railroad continue to meet with federal mediators. TCRC President Lyndon Isaak […]
MONTREAL — As the strike against the Canadian National Railway continues for a third day, industry groups across Canada are warning the work stoppage is having a major impact on the economy. A vehicle processing and transshipment company in Nova Scotia is warning its employees that it will begin laying people off next week if […]
Central Maine & Quebec’s Job 1 rolls west at Magog, Quebec, with AC44CWs, Nos. 1002 and 1006, and GP38-3 No. 3812 in June 2018. Frank Jolin MONTREAL – Canadian Pacific is acquiring the Central Maine & Quebec Railway for $130 million. The acquisition of the 481-mile short line connecting Quebec with northern New England — […]
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 […]
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 […]
