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Fatal CP Rail accident at Port Coquitlam, B.C.

(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, December 3, 2019) LAVAL, Quebec — A Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) locomotive engineer died last night in an accident at the company’s rail yard in Port Coquitlam, BC. This is the tenth member of the Teamsters...

Rail worker killed in north Wichita yard accident

(Source: Television station KAKE, December 3, 2019) WICHITA, Kan. — A rail yard employee has died after an incident involving a train in north Wichita. It happened just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 3. Wichita police say some workers were loading and moving rail...

Brightline, Florida’s high-speed train, has highest U.S. death rate

(Source: CBS Miami/Associated Press, December 2, 2019) MIAMI, Fla. — Florida’s high-speed passenger rail service, Brightline, which will soon be renamed Virgin Trains USA, has the worst death rate in the country. None of Brightline’s deaths were caused by crew error...

Canadian drillers to boost crude by rail shipments

(Source: OilPrice.com, December 2, 2019) CALGARY — Due to continued shortage of oil pipelines to take Canada’s oil to markets, Canadian producers plan to remove diluents from their oil sands production so they can load more of the heavy oil onto railcars than they...

Blumenthal leads effort to end Amtrak’s shield from lawsuits

(Source: Connecticut Mirror, December 3, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Richard Blumenthal is leading a congressional pushback against Amtrak’s new ticketing policy, which prevents passengers from suing the railroad company. Early this year, Amtrak changed the...

CN cuts earnings outlook on strike hit

(Source: Freight Waves, December 3, 2019) TORONTO — Canadian National lowered its earnings guidance based on the impact of the recent eight-day rail strike. Full story: Freight Waves

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