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Omar Alghabra, the Canadian minister of transport, has proposed legislation aimed at port...
While much of the focus on the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern has been on keeping cross-border gateways open to competing railroads, a Canadian attorney is asking whether there will be national security consequences if a corporate police force run by a foreign entity is operating on U.S. soil.
Tavengwa Runyowa, a Regina, Saskatchewan-based lawyer, plans to address that issue before the Surface Transportation Board’s three-day hearing later this week on the...
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is recommending all of the country’s major railways that travel along high-speed corridors or key routes adopt technology similar to positive train control in the United States.
The recommendation for Transport Canada to implement “physical fail-safe train controls” is one of TSB’s determinations that resulted from studying why two CN (NYSE: CNI) trains collided near Portage la Prairie in Manitoba in January 2019. That incident caused derailments...
A Canadian shippers group supports the federal government’s plan requiring freight railroads to provide service data as a way to improve visibility into supply chain flows.
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) says the data could help improve efficiency along the supply chain by highlighting which areas are prone to bottlenecks and might need additional investment from the government through Canada’s National Trade Corridors Fund.
“As an industry, we understand that congestion and...
The Canadian government is investing in rail infrastructure in Saskatchewan and Ontario as part of its broader program aimed at bolstering Canada’s trade corridors.
Canada is also funding climate resiliency projects that seek to safeguard rail infrastructure.
Together, the investments total more than CA$29 million ($22 million).
Four projects in Saskatchewan are getting $18.3 million through Canada’s National Trade Corridors Fund.
The investments include:
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canada-pumps-29m-into-rail-projects-rail-related-climate-studies
Colder weather and lower grain volumes are just some of the issues that Canadian railways CN and Canadian Pacific anticipate as winter approaches, according to the winter operational plans that both submitted to the Canadian government.
The railways are required to submit the plans under the Canada Transportation Act.
Grain shipments likely to be lower this winter: CNAfter achieving record grain volumes during the 2020-2021 crop year, which ran from Aug. 1, 2020, to July 31, 2021, grain...
Canadian Pacific and CN shattered records for hauling Canadian grain and grain products in the 2020-2021 crop year, which ran from Aug. 1, 2020, to July 31, 2021.
More efficient network boosted volumes: CPCP (NYSE: CP) hauled 30.62 million metric tons (MMT), the most in its 140-year history, the railroad said Tuesday. That was 3.7% higher than the previous record of 29.52 MMT in 2019-2020.
The railway says 2020-2021 was the fourth consecutive year that CP broke its annual movement record.
Including...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadian-railways-boast-record-grain-volumes-in-2020-2021
Transport Canada has approved modifications to some of the rules governing freight rail switching operations so that operations are “as safe as possible for railway employees and for people living close to railway lines.”
The federal agency, working with the rail industry, made some “necessary” updates to rules, regulations and standards pertaining to the safety of Canada’s railway system, Transport Canada said Friday. These updates aim to reduce the number of uncontrolled movements of railway...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transport-canada-approves-updates-on-freight-rail-switching-rules
As many railroad buffs know, at one time there were hundreds of North American railroads. Over the decades bankruptcies, mergers, acquisitions, etc. have shrunk that number considerably. There are now only seven Class I railroads in North America, and that number is likely to shrink to six in the near future. The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian National Railway have both made bids to buy the Kansas City Southern Railway.
The Soo Line Railroad
The Soo Line Railroad (SOO) is the primary...
The Canadian government is pushing forward with its examination of what kind of service data it should collect from Class I railroads operating in Canada.
Last week, Transport Canada said it was accepting comments through Feb. 26 on what service and performance data it should collect from the Class I railways.
The proposed regulation fulfills a requirement within the Transportation Modernization Act of 2018 in which the Class I railroads would permanently be required to submit service and...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/transport-canada-seeks-input-on-rail-service-data-collection