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Latest CP oil train derailment spilled 5 times as much oil as Husky pipeline leak in 2016
(Source: CBC News, February 11, 2020) SASKATOON, Sask. — The Saskatchewan government says an estimated 1.2 million liters of oil leaked from a Canadian Pacific Railway train that derailed near the hamlet of Guernsey last week. That's less than the estimated 1.5...
Cleanup continues at CP oil train derailment near Guernsey, Sask.
(Source: GlobalNews.ca, February 11, 2020) GUERNSEY, Sask. — The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada says it is too early to speculate what caused a fiery derailment of a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train near Guernsey, Sask. The TSB said Monday that four...
CN could shut down significant parts of its network because of pipeline protests
(Source: CN press release, February 11, 2020) MONTREAL — CN announced that it will be forced to shut down significant parts of its Canadian network imminently unless the blockades on its rail lines are removed. A public statement from the individuals blocking the...
Fate of Amtrak’s return to Mobile falls to county commission
(Source: www.al.com, February 10, 2020) MOBILE, Ala. — Amtrak’s return to Mobile could hinge on support from the three-member Mobile County Commission, which could be asked to pony up public money to improve train tracks or to help finance a new train station for a...
KCS disagrees with Mexico panel’s report on competition in Veracruz
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 10, 2020) Kansas City Southern confirmed late last week that the panel of the Mexican Federal Competition Commission (COFECE) has published an extract of its final report on effective competition conditions in the...
Will slower trains impact crude by rail capacity in Canada?
(Source: Freight Waves, February 10, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — As the rail industry awaits the preliminary investigation findings on what caused the derailment of a Canadian Pacific crude oil train, observers also are mulling how a temporary federal mandate to slow...
CN Rail says nearly 200 trains affected by Wet’suwet’en protests
(Source: CKPGToday.ca, February 20, 2020) NEW HAZELTON, B.C. — CN Rail is stagnant in two areas across the country with Wet’suwet’en protesters blocking access to railways. In an update from CN Rail today (Feb.10) CN Rail says they are experiencing disruptions in New...
Feds clear Gateway bridge for funding — but not tunnel
(Source: Politico, February 10, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration announced late Monday that it has deemed the Portal North Bridge project eligible to receive federal funding, while again ruling that the related Hudson River rail tunnel had not met the...
Trump budget proposal would cut Amtrak funding, boost infrastructure spending
(Source: Reuters, February 10, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House budget released on Monday proposed cutting funding for the U.S. government-owned passenger rail carrier Amtrak while calling for a significant hike in infrastructure spending and killing a clean...
NS train derails in Columbia, S.C., causing 3 engines and 8 cars to leave the tracks
(Source: Television station WLTX, February 8, 2020) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Several trains cars derailed in Columbia after a train struck a tree that had fallen on the tracks. Norfolk Southern officials say around 1 p.m. Friday, the train hit the tree on a set of tracks near...
