March 9, 2015 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Toronto Star, March 8, 2015) TORONTO — As emergency crews battled a fire sparked by the derailment of a CN train carrying crude oil in northern Ontario, provincial politicians came out swinging against the federal government’s failure to ensure rail safety....
March 9, 2015 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 8, 2015) TORONTO — A Canadian National Railway Co. train carrying crude oil that derailed near the northern Ontario community of Gogama early on Saturday was still on fire late on Sunday, the company said. The derailment is CN’s second in the...
March 6, 2015 | CN, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, March 5, 2015) HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — CN Rail has a large backlog at its Eastern Passage Autoport, one that’s being partially blamed on Nova Scotia’s brutal winter. Many vehicles in the lot are encrusted in ice half way up their tires. Full story:...
February 26, 2015 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Transportation Safety Board press release, February 24, 2015) SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario — On 14 February 2015, a Canadian National (CN) crude oil unit train was proceeding eastward on CN’s Ruel Subdivision near Gogama, Ontario. At about 23:50, while...
February 26, 2015 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CN press release, February 25, 2015) MONTREAL — CN announced today that members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference-Rail Canada Traffic Controllers union have ratified a new labour agreement. The four-year agreement covers approximately 180 rail traffic...
February 25, 2015 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Calgary Herald, February 24, 2015) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadians are still gleaning lessons from the deadly Lac-Megantic rail disaster that killed 47 people in Quebec in July 2013. Full story: Calgary Herald
February 25, 2015 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, February 23, 2015) TORONTO — A train derailment in Canada this month that set ablaze several new-model tank cars carrying crude oil shows the need for tougher rail car standards, Canada’s safety watchdog said on Monday. Full story:...
February 25, 2015 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, February 24, 2015) TORONTO — Canada’s biggest railway reached a last-minute tentative agreement with one of its unions on Monday, averting a lockout that threatened to delay imports from Asia and compound a U.S. West Coast port logjam. Full...
February 23, 2015 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, February 20, 2015) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co. will lock out 4,800 Unifor members Monday if the labor union fails to agree to arbitration in contract talks with the country’s largest railroad this weekend. Full story:...
February 19, 2015 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Reuters Canada, February 18, 2015) TORONTO — Protracted contract talks between Canadian National Railway Co and the union that represents 4,800 of its mechanical, clerical and intermodal staff are at an impasse, and the union says it is considering a strike...
