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Innovative labor pact ratified by BLET

(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on January 26.) CHICAGO — Locomotive engineers who work for Canadian National Railway Co.’s former Grand Trunk Western unit in the United States have ratified a new contract with Canada’s largest...

GTW derailment spills coal in Mich.

(The Lansing State Journal posted the following article on its website on March 31.) BELLEVUE, Mich. — A train derailed early Sunday morning, spilling tons of coal, said Eaton County Sheriff Rick Jones. The southbound train on Grand Trunk Western Railroad was...

Suit filed in 2 rail deaths

DETROIT — The families of two men killed in a train crash in Springfield Township last year filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday alleging Grand Trunk Western Railroad did not provide a safe working environment, according to the Detroit Free Press. Conductor...

Foul play ruled out in Michigan train derailment

POTTERVILLE, Mich. — Emergency crews burned off propane Tuesday morning to reduce the risk of explosion and clear the way for a cleanup of a freight train that derailed a day earlier and forced the evacuation of the city, a wire service reported. Residents could...

Town still closed from derailed CN train

POTTERVILLE, Mich. — Homes and businesses that were evacuated after a Memorial Day train derailment remained dark and empty Wednesday as crews battled a dangerous propane leak from overturned rail cars, according to a wire service report. It was the third day...