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CN to close rail traffic control center in Montreal

(Source: CBC News, February 7, 2020) MONTREAL — Canadian National (CN) Rail is closing its rail traffic control center in Montreal and moving 108 jobs to Alberta, it announced Friday morning. Rail traffic control will be centralized and run remotely from Edmonton when...

Overland Park grain supplier files antitrust suit against railroads

(Source: Kansas City Business Journal, February 6, 2020) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Overland Park-based Lansing Trade Group, its parent company and subsidiaries are suing four U.S. railroads, claiming they’re acting collectively to increase transportation rates in violation...

Senators demand Gateway timeline from FRA

(Source: Politico, February 6, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifteen Democratic U.S. senators tore into the Trump administration Thursday over delays in greenlighting construction of the Gateway tunnel, an $11.3 billion rail project that would create a new link between New...

Oil train derails near small Canadian town for second time in two months

(Source: Saskatoon Star Phoenix, February 7, 2020) GUERNSEY, Sask. — It is “way too early” to know the cause of the second fiery train derailment in two months near the Saskatchewan community of Guernsey, says the head of the province’s safety agency. A train carrying...

Canadian town evacuated after another oil train derails and burns

(Source: DeSmog Blog, February 6, 2020) NEW YORK — Early in the morning of February 6, an oil train derailed and caught fire near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, resulting in the Canadian village's evacuation. This is the second oil train to derail and burn near Guernsey,...

Monthly U.S. rail traffic slips in January 2020

(Source: Freight Waves, February 6, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — U.S. rail volumes were over 5% lower in January compared with a year ago amid persistent macroeconomic uncertainties. U.S. freight railroads originated 2.41 million carloads and intermodal units for the...

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