4. Crop backlog: As Canadian farmers prepare for their 2018 harvests, many are still trying to offload last year's crops from rail cars. About 28,000 carloads of grain -- equivalent to $500 million -- are waiting to be transported via…
based Progressive Rail began operations in 1996 in the Twin Cities. It took over operating the line from Chippewa Falls into Barron County in 2004, after Canadian National Railroad abandoned its line between Ladysmith and Rice Lake — leaving Barron…
While the legal battles continue, the oil sands industry in Alberta is struggling with pipeline bottlenecks and a shortage of rail capacity at a time when Canada's oil output is forecast to grow by 290,000 bpd this year to 4.95…
London police are investigating an incident involving a VIA rail passenger train in the city's downtown. Police were called to the rail crossing at Ridout Street North near Bathurst Street shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday. Police say there was a…
A city vision from 2014 suggested building an innovative park bridge over the Canadian Pacific rail line that slices through the Central Industrial area. The park bridge, a green space that would only accommodate pedestrians or cyclists, was intended t...
