Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific each have employees who have contracted the virus, and they and those around them are in self-quarantine.
Industry group estimates farmers will face rail blockade-related costs of over C$300 million.
USD Partners and Gibson Energy will begin construction of a unit in April that will produce a nonhazardous heavy crude product.
The tentative agreement could help bring an end to protests on the country’s freight transportation network.
Law enforcement may have broken up protesters’ rail blockade near Belleville, Ontario, but it’s uncertain when freight rail operations will return to normal. Stakeholders along Canada’s supply chain are also still jittery over the potential for additional blockades.
Uncertainty is still an underlying theme facing North American freight railroads.
Freight trains carrying dangerous goods in Canada can now travel at faster speeds, according to a revised government order. Transport Canada had restricted how fast those trains could go following a fiery Feb. 6 derailment of a crude train.
Canadian National warns protesters they’re jeopardizing their safety, while passenger rail service on VIA Rail remains cancelled.
Demonstrators say their actions, which have blocked rail lines and access to several Canadian ports, are in support of a First Nations group’s concerns over a proposed pipeline.
A temporary order in Canada restricting the speed of freight trains carrying dangerous goods could potentially affect the broader economy.
The federal agency issues the order following a fiery derailment of a Canadian Pacific crude train.
January was a record month for grain volumes for CP.
Authorities evacuate town of Guernsey, Saskatchewan, and close five-mile stretch of key Western Canada highway after morning accident involving CP train.
A short line acquisition in Atlantic Canada and enhanced crude oil production in western Canada could boost rail volumes in the coming years, executive said.
Revenue gains for grain, energy, chemicals and plastics provide boost.
The railway and the rail union respond to a CBC documentary about a fatal February 2019 train accident.
Organizations may lobby Parliament to declare rail service an essential service so that access remains available during events such as labor strikes.
Jim Blaze profiles TTX, a company that is essential to the railroad industry.
New hopper cars and a high-efficiency train model at some elevators help boost volumes.
The railway announced plans to acquire the Central Maine & Quebec Railway in November.
