December 16, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on December 15.) Prince George, B.C. — A CN Rail train derailed in northern British Columbia on Thursday, the latest in a string of accidents in Western Canada this year. Railway spokesman Graham Dallas said...
December 15, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following article by Simon Tuck and Brent Jang was posted on the Globe and Mail website on December 15.) TORONTO — The federal government has loosened the leash — at least temporarily — on some of Canadian National Railway Co.’s operations...
December 15, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following article by Scott Simpson was posted on the Vancouver Sun website on December 15.) VANCOUVER — Transport Canada eased restrictions on Canadian National Railway operations near Squamish on Wednesday, but ordered the troubled railway to provide...
December 9, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on December 8.) TERRACE, B.C. — A 30 metre exclusion zone was placed around a rail car thought to be leaking a toxic chemical in a CN Rail yard on Thursday. During a switching operation, crews noticed a...
December 8, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following report by Jeanine Katzel appeared on the Control Engineering website on December 8.) Canadian National Railway Co. (CN), Canada’s largest railroad, will upgrade switchyard workstation displays with new color graphic systems. The equipment, TessEm7000...
December 8, 2005 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The following story by Hanneke Brooymans and James Baxter appeared on The Edmonton Journal website on December 8.) EDMONTON — CN Rail has offered up to $5,000 apiece to homeowners around Wabamun Lake — the first time in its history the railway has offered...
December 8, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on December 8.) VANCOUVER — CN Rail was ordered to limit the length of its trains to 80 cars on an old B.C. Rail line north of Vancouver on Wednesday after 11 derailments on that stretch of track this year. B.C....
December 8, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following report appeared on the CBC News website on December 7. Ken LeQuesne and Art McKay were members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.) CN Rail has been fined $75,000 after pleading guilty to one of three criminal charges in a derailment in...
December 7, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following article by Mark Hume was posted on the Globe and Mail website on December 7.) VANCOUVER — CN Rail should be restricted to running no more than 80 cars per train throughout British Columbia and the provincial government should launch a rail-safety...
December 7, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on December 7.) RICHMOND, B.C. — A CN Rail train has derailed on a trestle crossing the Fraser River between Richmond and Burnaby, sending a railcar loaded with automobiles into the Fraser River. The...
