Stop signs for city railroad crossings
Workers for the City of Barron Street Department will put up stop signs this week at three in-town crossings of the Canadian National Railway, ...
Minister sees high tech potential in Trail area
“In the old days we built a railroad across Canada that not only connected communities, but also led to a massive economic growth, with movement of ...
Union Pacific Increasing Track Speed in Southwest Minnesota
Union Pacific will increase the maximum track speed limit from 30 to 49 mph on the rail line running parallel to 2nd Avenue in Heron Lake, Minnesota. Train speeds at the 9th Street crossing will increase in weekly five mph…
Ray Jaensch’s book ‘True Stories from My Life as a Railwayman’ to be launched at National …
... the world's most memorable railways: Japan's bullet train, Canada's Rocky Mountaineer, the Ghan to Alice Springs, and a year spent guiding tours in New Zealand. After some deliberation, he also recorded his first-hand recollection of a fatal level crossing…
A train’s faulty engine, safety standards ignored and other revelations from the Lac-Mégantic trial
As he approached a level railway crossing, he saw its red lights were lit up to warn of an approaching train. "I couldn't figure out what was going on ...