TORONTO — Activist investor TCI Fund Management says it is building support among other shareholders for its effort to replace Canadian National’s CEO and board chairman in the wake of the regulatory setback for CN’s effort to purchase Kansas City Southern. The Toronto Globe and Mail, in a paywalled article, reports TCI partner Ben Walker […]
MONTREAL — The pension fund behind Montreal’s Réseau express métropolitain light rail network has agreed to a tunnel for part of its REM de l’est project, addressing some concerns over the visual impact of the rail line. The Montreal Gazette reports CDPQ Infra, the infrastructure arm of the Caisse de depot et placement du Québec, […]
PRESCOTT, Ontario — One person is reported injured in a collision between two Canadian National trains Thursday morning, the Ontario Provincial Police report. The collision occurred about 10:30 a.m. near an overpass at Edward Street in Prescott, about 65 miles northeast of Kingston, Ont., and just across the St. Lawrence River from Ogdensburg, N.Y. CTV […]
MONTREAL — VIA Rail Canada further increased service in its Windsor, Ont.-Quebec City corridor as of Monday, Aug. 30, bringing corridor service close to 100% of pre-pandemic levels. The schedule restorations mean VIA’s British-built Renaissance trainsets are back in operation in Ottawa-Quebec City service for the first time in a year and half, as seen […]
CP Pacific type One of Canadian Pacific’s 173 G3 Pacifics steams east out of Calgary station with a regional train in June 1949. One track over, a mountain observation car has just been added to the westbound Dominion’s tail. Walter H. Thrall Jr. photo […]
MONCTON, New Brunswick — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada announced Monday it was sending investigators to the site of a Saturday derailment of a Canadian National train northwest of Moncton. The CBC reported 30 cars derailed, 20 of which ended up on their side. A CN spokesman said no hazardous materials were involved but […]
LYTTON, British Columbia — A woman who lost her home in the fire that destroyed most of Lytton, B.C., in June has filed suit against Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, saying the railroads “caused or contributed” to the fire by operating when the heat made it unsafe to operate trains. Global News reports Carel Moiseiswitsch […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — Eight of the 39 cars for Ottawa’s Confederation Line light rail system need repairs for an axle issue that caused a derailment, the head of the city’s transit services has said in a memo. Global News reports OC Transpo General Manager John Manconi informed city council members that the eight cars have […]
EDMONTON, Alberta — An undetected rail defect led to a Canadian Pacific derailment in September 2019 that saw petroleum products spill from three tank cars, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has determined. The Sept. 27, 2019 derailment near Blackfalds, Alberta — approximately 8.4 miles north of Red Deer and 88 miles south of Edmonton […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Canadian government will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for domestic rail, air, and marine workers, as well as many passengers, as part of a broad vaccination mandate announced Friday. All federal workers also must be vaccinated. National Public Radio reports that Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said in announcing the rule that […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — Service on the O-Train light rail Confederation Line will remain suspended until at least Friday following Sunday night’s minor derailment of an out-of service train. CTV News reports OC Transpo, the city’s transit agency, is focusing on axle bearings as it investigates the single-axle derailment. In a memo, OC Transpo General Manager […]
MONTREAL — The first trains are expected to start rolling next summer on Montreal’s new Réseau express métropolitain (REM) light rail commuter system, at $6.5 billion the biggest transit project since the city’s underground Metro 50 years ago. The four-line, 67-kilometer (41.6-mile), 26-station network will connect the island city’s burgeoning south shore suburbs along the […]
