TORONTO — Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract by Ontario transportation agency Metrolinx to handle track, signal, and right-of-way maintenance for the Central Region of Toronto’s passenger rail infrastructure system, Siemens has announced. Siemens already has a similar contract in the West Region and handles signal and communications services at the Metrolinx Network Operations. […]
CALGARY, Alberta — CPKC has released a more detailed schedule of dates, display times, and locations for its Final Spike Steam Tour, the three-nation trip featuring CP 4-6-4 No. 2816 to mark the first year of the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. The trip begins April 24 in Calgary with a display […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Cando Rail & Terminals has named Nate Servis as chief financial officer effective Tuesday, March 26, replacing the retiring Rick Soenen. Servis brings more than 15 years of Wall Street experience in transportation and logistics to the position. He joins the company from Wells Fargo Securities, where he was most recently managing […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — An undetected rail flaw that led to a broken rail as the train passed over it caused the derailment of a Canadian Pacific potash train at Silton, Saskatchewan in October 2021, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in an investigation report released today (Tuesday, March 26). The incident occurred at 5:02 […]
MONTREAL — The Canadian government will fund a C$16.75 million project to improve rail access and add storage at the Port of Montreal, Transportation Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced Monday, March 25. The project will include rehabilitation of, and adding a fourth track to, the Pie-IX rail bridge, along with adding a storage area, which Transport […]
The Canadian Pacific ES44AC graced the cover of the Atlas Fall Premier catalog and was delivered in March of 2024. Atlas cataloged eight versions of the ES44AC, along with two CSX ES44CD models. These Premier models are former MTH tooling and feature DCS Protosound 3. They can be operated conventionally, as well. Atlas also offers […]
PRESCOTT, Ontario — The union representing rail traffic controllers and Canadian National Railway have both taken issue with a report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada citing alcohol use by a controller as a factor in a September 2021 collision involving two CN trains — although for very different reasons. The report issued March […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Tristan Armstrong, son of founder Peter Armstrong, has been named as the new CEO of luxury tour train company Rocky Mountaineer. The younger Armstrong has served on the board of the family-owned company since 2016 and has previously worked in several operations and guest experience roles for Rocky Mountaineer. He is […]
THUNDER BAY, Ontario — The Canadian government will provide up to C$6.7 million for two projects to increase capacity at the Port of Thunder Bay, according to a Friday announcement. Up to C$3 million will go to a project to redevelop an existing rail yard at the Port’s Keefer Terminal, adding heavyweight track and switches […]
SAINT-LAZARE, Quebec — The Canadian government has provided C$9.8 million for more than 70 projects in Quebec has part of its Rail Safety Improvement Program, Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez and Member of Parliament announced in an event Wednesday, March 13, highlighting a $472,679 project to fence off a portion of right-of-way in Saint-Lazare. Wednesday’s […]
GATINEAU, Quebec — Effects of alcohol consumption by the rail traffic controller involved were likely a factor in a September 2021 collision between a Canadian National intermodal train and industrial switcher at Prescott, Ontario, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in an accident report issued today (Wednesday, March 13). As a result, the TSB […]
MARKHAM, Ontario — The Canadian government is providing more than C$13.5 million for 112 rail safety projects in the Toronto and Hamilton areas, as well as other regions of Ontario, Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez and Member of Parliament Paul Chiang announced Thursday, March 7, at the former Unionville station in Markham. The funding is […]
