SARNIA, Ontario — Canadian National is nearing the completion of cleanup for last week’s derailment in the St. Clair River tunnel between Sarnia and Port Huron, Mich. The CBC reports that as of midday Thursday, 38 cars and one locomotive had been removed and just nine cars remained in the tunnel, and about 1,000 gallons […]
TORONTO — VIA Rail Canada’s plan to cobble together a new Toronto-Montreal-Quebec City passenger corridor from abandoned, lightly used, and new rail lines inched closer to reality last week with the approval of $71 million in funding for further studies. But it raises a question: Why spend more than $4 billion to build a new […]
PORT HURON, Mich. — Cleanup continues after a Friday derailment in the St. Clair River tunnel connecting the U.S. and Canada, which resulted in a spill of more than 13,000 gallons of sulfuric acid. The Port Huron Times Herald reported Saturday afternoon crews were preparing to pump out the spilled acid after removing other cars […]
MONTREAL — The Government of Canada and the Canada Infrastructure Bank, an “arm’s length” Crown corporation formed to fund big transportation projects, announced Tuesday that they will help finance an exploration of VIA Rail Canada’s proposed separate rail line in the Quebec City-Toronto Corridor. The government and infrastructure bank will commit C$71.1 million ($54 million […]
Local opposition is mounting to a $250 million intermodal terminal Canadian National aims to build outside Toronto to handle a rising tide of consumer goods imported from Asia. The terminal, planned for Milton, Ontario, just west of Toronto, received a frosty reception this week at the first of several government hearings that are part of […]
New York Central 4-6-0 No. 1290, a July 1900 product of the Michigan Central’s St. Thomas, Ontario, shops, works west on Ontario’s St. Clair Subdivision. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
The westbound Canadian is 68 minutes early as it arrives in Kamloops, B.C., on May 11, 2019. Russ Grycan VANCOUVER, British Columbia — VIA Rail Canada’s revised schedule for its trancontinental Canadian is meeting with mixed success. In lengthening and adjusting the schedule at the end of April [see “VIA’s summer shuffle,” July TRAINS], VIA […]
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A proposal to launch commuter rail service in Halifax was killed Tuesday as the regional council voted unanimously to no longer pursue the concept. The council’s motion sites infrastructure requirements, financial implications, and operational constraints for the decision. The vote came after a closed-door session to discuss confidential information, News 95.7 […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian Pacific has opened a new auto shipping facility on 19 acres of CP-owned land adjacent to its Vancouver Intermodal Terminal. The Vancouver Automotive Compound has capacity for 36 auto racks and nearly 1,200 vehicle bays. “Vancouver is Canada’s primary automotive gateway for Asian imports and one of the largest destination […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Winnipeg Railway Museum has been closed indefinitely because of structural issues with the trainshed at Winnipeg Union Station, where the museum is housed. The Winnipeg Model Railroad Club, which operates at the museum, announced the closure via Facebook, the Winnipeg Free Press reports. VIA Rail Canada, which owns the building, made […]
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec — Canadian National is joining Hutchison Ports in a long-term deal with the Quebec Port Authority for a new container terminal in the eastern Canadian city. Maritime Executive reports that the $775 million project is expected to be funded by the partners with an emphasis on environmental stewardship. Once built, the complex […]
MONTREAL — VIA Rail Canada’s new president and CEO reaffirmed the company’s commitment to the “high-frequency rail” plan championed by her predecessor, but no decision has been made on the plan to create a separate passenger-only right-of-way for parts of the Quebec-Windsor, Ont., corridor. CEO Cynthia Garneau — on the job for only a few […]
