September 13, 2013 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Montreal Gazette, September 12, 2013) MONTREAL — Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway’s tracks were found to be in such bad condition during recent inspections that Transport Canada has effectively ordered the railway to stop using a 20-kilometre section of...
September 11, 2013 | CP, Headlines
(Source: The Dickinson Press, September 11, 2013) BISMARCK, N.D. — As oil industry representatives met here Tuesday to discuss the ever-changing industry, one thing was clear: There will be new regulations over shipping crude oil by train. Full story: The Dickinson...
September 11, 2013 | CP, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, September 10, 2013) ONTARIO — Oil producers and refineries are in the midst of a transition to shipping their oil by rail, and that means the Keystone XL pipeline is not needed, a report from Canaccord Genuity Inc. says. Full story: CBC...
September 4, 2013 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, September 1, 2013) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the state of South Dakota are at odds over whether the railroad has met its obligation to invest $300 million in upgrades as part of the 2007 purchase of the Dakota,...
September 4, 2013 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, August 27, 2013) COLESVILLE, N.Y. — Authorities say a Canadian Pacific Railway employee from Pennsylvania has been killed while inspecting a railway bridge over an upstate New York road. State police say 39-year-old Thomas Tarchak of...
August 23, 2013 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: Globe and Mail, August 22, 2013) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has significant concerns about the ability of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway to ship oil safely, warning regulators in Ottawa that there are “serious and alarming risks” in...
August 19, 2013 | CP, Headlines, UP
(Source: Railway Age, August 16, 2013) NEW YORK — For the past year, BNSF Railway has dominated in the shipment of crude by rail (CBR) from North America’s Bakken shale formation westward to refineries and ship terminals along America’s Pacific Coast. Now, Canadian...
August 19, 2013 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, August 16, 2013) MONTREAL — Lawyers representing victims of the rail disaster in Lac-Mégantic are now going after Canadian Pacific Railway. In legal documents filed late Thursday, lawyers involved in the class-action suits allege CP bears some of...
August 19, 2013 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg News, August 19, 2013) NEW YORK — Canada’s railway industry has intensified its lobbying efforts following the explosion of a runaway oil train in Quebec last month that killed 47 people. Full story: Leader-Post
August 16, 2013 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Grand Forks Herald, August 16, 2013) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Canadian Pacific railroad has furloughed approximately 30 workers in recent months from its operation in Thief River Falls, according to union officials. Full story: Grand Forks...
