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Union claims safety issues cause of 2021 Prescott derailment
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoPRESCOTT – A long-awaited Transportation Safety Board report released last Wednesday cited alcohol use by a rail traffic controller as a contributing factor to a September 2021 head-on collision ...
Alcohol a possible factor in Prescott train crash, TSB says
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoThe Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says alcohol was a possible factor in a serious collision...
Alcohol cited as contributing factor to 2021 Prescott derailment
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoPRESCOTT – Alcohol consumption was cited as the contributing factor to a 2021 head-on train collision in Prescott after a two-and-a-half year investigation by the Transportation Safety Board ...
Railway union warns work stoppage looms after CN, CPKC seek conciliation
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoMONTREAL — The union representing 9,300 workers at Canada's two biggest railways says public safety...
Grain spillage from trains causing elk to snack on tracks in Jasper National Park
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoElk in Jasper National Park have been snacking in an unusual and dangerous place. According to Canada’s National Parks Wildlife Regulations, “no person shall … touch or feed wildlife in a park ...
TSB report reveals cause of 2019 derailment in tunnel between Port Huron and Sarnia
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoIt was a structural defect in a freight car that caused the derailment of a CN freight train in the...
19 rail cars derail near Biggar, Sask.
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoThe Transportation Safety Board is investigating a train derailment that happened Sunday near Biggar, Sask.There were 19 cars that derailed in the train...
Kingston train derailment caused 'limited' acid leak, CN says
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoUPDATE | CN said the last derailed car was removed from the site Sunday and a "small amount" of...
Rail bridge collapses as CN freight train derails in Kingston
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoA small rail bridge in Kingston has collapsed and a CN freight train carrying "dangerous goods" has...
Dangerous goods move through Calgary daily. What's the plan in the event of a disaster?
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA toxic train derailment some 3,200 kilometres away from Calgary is putting a spotlight on rail...