Calgary, AB — Canada’s transport minister has ordered the use of handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment earlier this week in the Rocky Mountains. Marc Garneau said in a statement late Friday that the…
Saskatoon, SK — A CN freight train carrying grain has derailed at a rail crossing just north of Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Fire Department says the derailment happened at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when 30 out of the 52 rail cars left the tracks near…
Byromville, GA — Rail cars tumbled from an overpass onto a Georgia highway on Saturday, causing an evacuation and traffic headaches in a small town but resulting in no injuries. CSX Railroad said 30 cars derailed. That included some that…
Ottawa, ON — The Railway Association of Canada (RAC) announced the winners of its annual Safety Awards, which recognize RAC member-companies’ initiatives that help to ensure our country’s rail network remains among the safest in the world. Four members –…
Lac-Megantic, QC — A commemorative church service will be held in Lac-Megantic on Friday to mark the five-year-anniversary of the train derailment that killed 47 people and destroyed part of downtown. Church bells will ring around noon to remember the…
Ottawa, ON — The head of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says much has been accomplished five years after the Lac-Megantic train derailment in which 47 people were killed, but more remains to be done. Kathleen Fox, the board’s…
Toronto, ON — The federal agency responsible for transportation policies across the country must modernize training and qualification rules for railway employees to help staff keep up with evolving industry practices and technology, Canada’s transport safety watchdog said Wednesday. The…
New Westminster, BC — Eight cars from a Canadian National Railway freight train have jumped the tracks in Metro Vancouver. CN spokeswoman Kate Fenske says in an email that the empty grain cars derailed just after midnight on the Fraser…
Winnipeg, MB — Federal regulators have ruled that the owners of a broken rail line to Churchill were wrong not to repair the line that kept the northern Manitoba community connected to the outside world. The Canadian Transportation Agency says the Hudson…
Winnipeg, MB — An extremely dry spring in the eastern Prairies has meant an early start to fire season and in some cases trains are being suspected as the cause. “It is tinder dry,” said David Phillips, senior climatologist for…
Ottawa, ON — Canada’s transport minister is rejecting a host of changes senators have made to legislation aimed at unclogging rail shipments and laying the foundation for a new air passenger bill of rights. The decision, laid out in a detailed motion…
Calgary, AB — A rail strike has been temporarily averted after the federal labour minister ordered employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. to vote on the company’s final offers, just hours before they were set to walk off the job.…