March 22, 2022 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, March 22, 2022) CALGARY — The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and Canadian Pacific (CP) have agreed to final and binding arbitration. In such a process, both parties agree to accept the...
March 22, 2022 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 22, 2022) GATINEAU, Quebec — A “near-urgent” track defect was detected but not repaired several days prior to the June 2021 derailment of a Canadian National train at a remote location on the railroad’s Chetwynd Subdivision in British...
March 22, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 21, 2022) U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) members late last week expressed their sympathies upon learning that former committee Chair U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) died on March 18. He was 88....
March 22, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Quad-City Times, March 21, 2022) DAVENPORT, Iowa — Cities along the Mississippi River and Canadian Pacific officials are talking about ways to measure and address the impact of its proposed merger with Kansas City Southern. The consolidation could triple the...
March 22, 2022 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, March 21, 2022) COLTON, Calif. — A Union Pacific freight train carrying lumber derailed in Southern California on Monday, sending 13 rail cars and three locomotives off the tracks. A contractor who was helping with cleanup efforts was...
