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Defunct? Possibly. Two of their leased Geeps are sitting in Balmer Yard in a string of cars. Looked 'em up and found that they were a branch line in BC, spun off by CN. Maybe 140+/- miles, serving a couple lumber mills.
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CN train derailment in Edmundston, N.B.5 cars derailed, 1 carrying flammable gas, official says, but no injuries, leakage reportedThe Canadian Press Posted: Jan 27, 2014 2:25 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 27, 2014 7:56 AM ETA CN train has derailed in Edmundston, N. B., Sunday night. It is the second tim...
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9 CP train cars carrying coal derail in Burnaby, B.C.
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Its taken me 3 days to figure out the severeity of the derailment and "add coal spilling into a waterway" as the next big thing to worry the population. Well "coal juice" isnt something you want in a creek/river/ lake for sure. This is appears to be a CN/CP accident well north of th...
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CP is a Train Wreck Waiting to Happen.
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The stock is running to all time highs, trading at $157 a share and putting a market capitalization of 30 times earnings on a business that might get to $6.6 billion of revenue next year if everything goes right. Nope, that revenue is not from software or services with a 90% gross margin, it is from a rail...
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13 cars jump the tracks as CN train derails in Alberta
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Another major derailment the CN mainline west of Edmonton in a week. Thats how MIR works. This was not an oil train or a coal train that derailed thank gawd but just a manifest train and one tankcar in the mix. Derailments can happen in the middle of nowhere especially in Canada. 13 cars jump the tracks...
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CN rail strike, lockout a possibility .
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CN rail strike, lockout a possibility as labour talks break down Labour negotiations between CN and the Teamsters union representing workers at the country's largest railway have broken down, and union leaders are warning that a strike or lockout could occur before the end of October.The wo...
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Allegations of criminal conduct against CN
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CN facing allegations it engaged in criminal conduct and fired employee over whistleblowing: US court documentsSource: Jorge Barrera and Kenneth Jackson - APTN National NewsCanadian National Railway was allegedly engaged in criminal conduct by defrauding shareholders and U.S. federal regu...
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More woes for CN Rail...
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Aside from the possibility of a strike, there's been a derailment in Western Alberta, which involves petroleum and nat-gas tankers... Bad juju! http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cn-fuel-cars-derail-explode-west-of-edmonton-1.2126678
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Canada train wreck. WW-II...
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...don't ask how this came ta be of interest. maybe it was piqued by Snippy's report of the GG-1 crash back in the '50s. I'm not certain though. But here it is anyway. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onlanark/NewspaperClippings/Book2/NewspaperClippings13.htm It was listening ta "...
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Canadian/Canadien Thanksgiving...
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...is Monday, Oct. 14th. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day (Canadian French: Jour de l'Action de grâce), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday which celebrates the harvest and other blessings of the past year. On Thursday, January 31, 1957, the Parliament of C...
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Transport Canada nixes oil by rail to Churchill Port
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Manitoba pans Churchill oil port ideaChinta PuxleyWINNIPEG The Canadian Press Published Friday, Sep. 20 2013, 7:27 AM EDT Last updated Friday, Sep. 20 2013, 9:31 PM EDT The Manitoba government says a rail companys plans to start transporting oil across hundreds of kilometres of remote rail...
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Ottawa bus-train crash kills 6 in commuting horror
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-bus-train-crash...
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Pendant ce temps au Québec déraillement de train et le feu
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Major fire after train carrying gas derails in Quebec town near Canada-US borderBy Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC NewsA train carrying gas derailed early Saturday in the middle of a town in Quebec near the U.S.-Canada border, setting off a major fire.Franklin County Sheriff's office in Maine sai...
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Health care in Canada
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It's all about money. What else? A look at the long waiting times under Canadas health-care systemSeptember 9, 2013, 6:24 PMBy Russ Britt At the risk of feeding into the Obamacare frenzy, there are some videos from the Health Council of Canada that are worth a look for those who want to see how they rea...
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Problems continue @ CP
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The mercury retrograde effect seems to be hovering around CP's headquarters this time around. Global News coverage with video comments questioning CP's corporate wisdom by running trains through there. Uke better watch the share price. http://tinyurl.com/CP-BonnyBrookBridgeCollapse
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Via Rail strike averted, union says
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How High's the water, Mama ?
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The Via Rail train derailed after going over a washed-out section of track near Togo, Sask., on Sunday. RCMPSome Via Rail passengers had their travel plans interrupted but were uninjured after a derailment near Togo, Sask. on Sunday.It happened around 6 p.m. close to the hamlet, which is lo...
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Sharing the Uv
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A person with firsthand experience, probably with prior happy employmenthistory in his resume - keeping us informed about how we work and why.Interesting if not somewhat redundant and bilious. Check it out, eh.http://railroaded.wordpress.com/
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SMARTTy-D Needs to Co-operate With BLET sez NTSB
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NTSB makes recommendations after investigationMarch 20, 2013The National Transportation Safety Board has issued 12 new safety recommendations as a result of its investigation of the Sept. 30, 2010, collision of two freight trains near Two Harbors, Minn.The NTSB recommendations were issued t...
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It's Almost Canada, Isn't It?
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Canadian National hopes to expand Duluth dock facilities Published: March 14, 2013 DULUTH, Minn. Canadian National wants to increase storage capacity and conduct longterm repairs at its former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range ore dock in Duluth. Storage capacity for taconite would nearly dou...
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Tragedy in Saskatchewan
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A Canadian Pacific Railway employee was fatally injured while working at the Regina rail yard early Saturday morning.The 39-year-old mans death is being investigated by the Regina Police Service, in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Coroner and CP Rail officials.At about 3 a.m., police, E...
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Boxing day incident in Edmonton
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Canadian Pacific Railway to eliminate 4,500 jobsBy By ROB GILLIES | Associated Press 5 hrs ago TORONTO (AP) Canadian Pacific Railway will eliminate some 4,500 employee and contractor positions by 2016, the new chief executive of Canada's second largest railway announced Tuesday. Chief execu...
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Still holding on...
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...ta my last few (200) shares of CP. This afternoon's close of NYSE saw the price at $85 and change in US Dollars. Hillybilly Harrison says CP has too many terminals...and wants ta cut 'em down by 20-25%. Nobody who's in the know at CP has a clue what he's talkin' about! Like his pal Mitt, he seems ta have a...
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