July 13, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, July 12, 2020) NEW YORK — On July 6th Reuters published an article on the potential for a resurgence of moving crude oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota across the country by rail, due to a judge’s decision to shut down the Dakota Access...
July 8, 2020 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Calgary Herald, July 8, 2020) CALGARY — The accident rate on Canada’s main rail arteries surged last year, by 42 per cent over the previous decade’s average, says the country’s transportation investigator. Full story: Calgary...
July 6, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, July 6, 2020) LAC-MEGANTIC — Lac-Megantic will mark the seventh anniversary of a tragic rail disaster that claimed 47 lives by inaugurating a long-planned memorial space. On July 6, 2013, a runaway train hauling tanker cars loaded with...
June 22, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, June 19, 2020) OTTAWA — Canadian exports of crude oil by rail dropped by more than half in April compared to March as North American fuel demand plunged due to measures taken to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Full story: Canadian...
June 15, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, June 15, 2020) CALGARY — When Melanie Loessl got a call from a friend on Feb. 6 that another oil train had crashed and burned near her community, she thought it was a joke. Not two months earlier, she’d been forced to flee after a different...
June 12, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Kallanish Energy, May 27, 2020) HOUSTON — Exports of crude oil by rail from Canada dipped by 9% in March, according to new data from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Full story: Kallanish Energy
June 2, 2020 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Railway Association of Canada press release, May 14, 2020) MONTREAL — The Railway Association of Canada (RAC) announced today that their Board of Directors has elected CN’s Fiona Murray, vice-president of Public and Government Affairs at CN, as Chairperson....
May 28, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Kallanish Energy, May 27, 2020) HOUSTON — Exports of crude oil by rail from Canada dipped by 9% in March, according to new data from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Full story: Kallanish Energy
May 18, 2020 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, May 15, 2020) NEW YORK — Hard-to-detect braking system defects have rendered Canada’s aging fleet of grain hoppers a safety hazard, says a former director of derailment investigations for the country’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB), the...
May 15, 2020 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, May 15, 2020) CALGARY — When Canadian Pacific Railway’s doomed Train 301 left Calgary in early February 2019 heading into the B.C. mountains bound for Vancouver, crew members had no idea it was on a death ride. Full story:...
