Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
CP announced Dec. 4 that November volume broke its previous record for carloads of Western Canadian grain and grain products shipped to the Port of Vancouver.
Posted 4 days ago by bevans
The Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce thinks a high-frequency rail system — not a lightning-fast rail corridor — would better address Ontario’s transportation needs.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
Canadian Pacific formally unveiled its next-generation grain trainsets on December 4, during the opening of an upgraded loading terminal near Moose Jaw attended by Saskatchewan’s Minister of Highways & Infrastructure Lori Carr.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
The Class I announced that November volume broke its previous record for carloads of Western Canadian grain and grain products shipped to the Port of Vancouver.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
Notley is whining for not just one train, but a giga-set of 80 locomotives and 7,000 tank cars to shift Alberta’s low-grade oil substitute from the boreal forest to the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Coast.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
The first VIA Rail passenger service for 18 months arrived at Churchill in northern Manitoba on December 4, having left Winnipeg two days earlier.
Posted 6 days ago by newsbot
An internal Transport Canada document warns of the safety risks posed by exhausted crew members on trains, even as Alberta pursues a plan to ratchet up already-booming shipments of oil-by-rail.
Posted 6 days ago by newsbot
Canada’s forestry-products industry says poor rail service has cost it $500 million this year, and the capacity crunch will only intensify if more Alberta oil ends up on Canada’s rail lines.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
For the first time in 18 months, tourists are riding the rails to Churchill, Man.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
Canadian oil producers are desperate to get more oil out of Alberta, and they are turning to railways for help. What is the upside here for Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. as they haul more crude?
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Duos in May announced a multi-million-dollar railcar inspection technology contract from CN; the new pact adds three additional Rail Inspection Portals similar to the units that were deployed around the Winnipeg, Manitoba area.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited announced plans to expand its Parrish Siding facility, including a new 6,000-metric tonne fertilizer warehouse as well as grain handling and storage upgrades, which will increase both capacity and efficiency.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The Greater Winnipeg Water District (GWWD) railway is a pretty unique little railway.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Government justification for this first step in the state takeover of crude-by-rail is that constricted transportation of bitumen is driving down its discount to less than 25% of benchmark pricing for Texas light, sweet crude.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
Bill Morneau isn’t getting aboard Rachel Notley’s oil-by-rail plan to boost crude shipments out of Alberta.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
Justin Trudeau’s government said it won’t force state-owned Via Rail to pick Bombardier Inc. over Siemens AG for a new rolling-stock order.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
Vancouver Island residents are getting their chance to ask questions of Island Corridor Foundation officials, as they talk about restoring the rail service on the Island.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
In response to an the column “More oil by rail now than at time of Mégantic disaster,” by Linda McQuaig, I’d like to set the record straight on the many areas in which meaningful progress has been made by the Government of Canada to improve rail safety
Posted 2 weeks ago by newsbot
Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau is signaling he won’t cough up money for new rail cars to ship Alberta oil, saying it would take months and wouldn’t solve the current price collapse.
Posted 2 weeks ago by newsbot
A Via Rail passenger train derailed in Halifax on Sunday morning.
Posted 2 weeks ago by newsbot
Two regional short-line railroad companies are sharing pretty big slices of $27.1 million in state rail infrastructure improvement funds, which were announced this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Posted 2 weeks ago by newsbot
Canada’s Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) is the front-runner to win a New Jersey Transit (NJT) rail car contract, two sources familiar with the matter said, in a boost for the plane-and-train-maker’s North American business which has wrestled with delivery delays and has lost orders to rivals.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Owned by Genesee & Wyoming, GEXR was one of Canada’s first short lines. Created in 1992 by RailTex, it was subsequently purchased by RailAmerica in 2000, followed by Genesee & Wyoming in late 2012). The owned portion consists of CN’s former Goderich Subdivision, 70 miles of track between Stratford and Goderich-Exeter, Ontario.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Canadian producers have seen shipments of their products stalled by congested pipelines, pushing it to more expensive rail. And, on November 8, a Montana District Court blocked President Trump’s permit from January 2017 to allow TransCanada to finish the nearly 1,180-mile Keystone XL pipeline connecting Alberta oilsands with refineries in Texas.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
Deputies responded to a train derailment in Owosso on Saturday night.
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