Area Briefs
KINGSBURY — A section of U.S. 6 will be closed for emergency railroad crossing repairs on Wednesday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., according to the La Porte ... The Canadian National Railroad grade crossing located near CR-50W, which slashes…
UPDATE: Cars from train derailment near New Hazelton removed on stream side
The westbound coal train left the tracks at about 8 a.m. Friday. CN spokesperson Kate Fenske said in an email that there were no reports of injuries and no dangerous goods were involved. The derailment was near the Highway 16…
Rail Workers Acquitted in Trial on Deadly Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster
On the evening of July 5, 2013, Thomas Harding finished his shift for the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic (MMA) Railway driving a train full of Bakken crude oil across rural Canada. Harding parked the train on a track siding in…
Freight-rail groups: Don’t scrap NAFTA
Freight-rail industry representatives from the United States, Canada and Mexico are calling for "constructive negotiations" on a new version of the ... "This cannot be upended overnight, so we are hopeful that representatives can forge a deal that continues to…
Coal dust escaping rail cars spurs BC petition
She had been out for a walk on the foreshore trail and, while waiting at a railroad crossing for a train to pass, she saw something that made her jaw drop: ... Dake noted Transport Canada does not consider metallurgical…