March 7, 2005 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 5.) BANCROFT, Mich. — About 20 cars on a CN freight train derailed Saturday afternoon, causing a propane tank alongside the rail line to explode and forcing authorities to evacuate the surrounding...
March 4, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following report appeared on the CBC News website on March 2. Ken LeQuesne and Art McKay were both members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.) GATINEAU, QUE. — A rotting wooden trestle bridge that was poorly inspected and allowed to deteriorate led...
March 3, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on March 3.) NEW YORK — Canadian National Railway Co., the country’s biggest railroad, was blamed by a government safety board for failing to properly inspect and maintain a British Columbia...
March 1, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on February 28.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway said Monday that 2,250 of its maintenance workers represented by the United Steelworkers of America have ratified a new four-year labour contract with the...
February 28, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following story on February 25.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian National Railway Co. signed a freight-hauling agreement on Friday with Ontario Northland’s rail unit, which it tried unsuccessfully to buy in 2003. Under the...
February 24, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Simon Tuck appeared on the Globe and Mail website on February 24.) OTTAWA — Canada’s transportation watchdog is largely pointing the finger at Canadian National Railway Co. for a fatal derailment, in a report that the company wants...
February 10, 2005 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The following story by Ann Knef appeared on the Madison Record website on February 8.) MADISON, Wisc. — A train derailment that spilled harmful chemicals into the air, ground and water in Tamaroa, Ill. on Feb. 9, 2003, has prompted a local man’s widow to...
February 2, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on February 1.) MACKAY, Alberta — CN’s main line reopened Tuesday as investigators began combing through wreckage to determine what caused a logging truck to push a Via Rail train off its tracks. There...
February 2, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following report appeared on the Winnipeg Sun website on February 2. Dan J. Sewachuk is one of the BLET’s General Chairman (CN-P&M) on the Canadian National.) WINNIPEG — Locomotive engineers with Canadian National Railways have voted overwhelmingly in...
February 1, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following report appeared at the CBC News website on February 8.) EDMONTON — CN’s main rail line in central Alberta is expected to reopen Tuesday morning after a Via passenger train collided with a logging truck west of Edmonton a day earlier,...
