January 28, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, January 27, 2020) MONTREAL — Following allegations of a cover-up by the Canadian Pacific Police Service (CPPS) in relation to the Field derailment, the Teamsters are calling for an independent RCMP investigation into the deadly...
January 27, 2020 | CP, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, January 25, 2020) CALGARY — When a two-kilometer grain train ran away downhill, smashing into a B.C. mountainside last February and killing three crew, Transportation Safety Board officials quickly announced the crash wasn’t caused by anything...
January 24, 2020 | CP, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, January 23, 2020) FIELD, B.C. — A Canadian Pacific Railway grain car rolled away at high speed for more than six kilometers last week at Field, B.C., near where a derailment killed three crew members almost one year ago. Full story:...
January 24, 2020 | CP, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: CBC News, January 24, 2020) CALGARY — A police officer probing the death of three Canadian Pacific Railway crewmen killed in a runaway train crash in B.C. last February alleges he was denied access to key evidence and suspects a “coverup” by the...
January 21, 2020 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: Winnipeg Free Press, January 20, 2020) WINNIPEG — The number of rail accidents involving dangerous goods more than doubled in Canada in 2018. There were 25 accidents involving dangerous goods in 2018, involving one death, according to Transport Canada data...
January 14, 2020 | CP, Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station WISN, January 13, 2020) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — The winter storm on Saturday caused an estimated millions of dollars in damage to the Port of Milwaukee, according to port officials. Officials said parts of the port and Jones Island were under 6...
January 9, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Transport Topics, January 6, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific closed its acquisition of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway, the Alberta-based rail company said in a Dec. 30 news release. Full story: Transport Topics
January 9, 2020 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Press, January 6, 2020) CALGARY — Canada’s two largest railways moved a record 15.4 million tons of grain in the final three months of 2019. Calgary-based Canadian Pacific set a new quarterly record by moving 7.9 million tons of grain and grain...
January 8, 2020 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune, January 8, 2020) CRYSTAL, Minn. — The corn lay as smooth as a yellow brick road between the railroad tracks in the picture that went viral on social media, but, skeptics asked, was the picture real? Full story: Minneapolis...
January 7, 2020 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, January 6, 2020) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific moved more Canadian grain and grain products in 2019’s final quarter than any prior quarter in the company’s history. Shipping totals came in at 7.9...
