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A plume of smoke rises from a Norfolk Southern train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023. After toxic chemicals were released into the air from a wrecked train in Ohio, evacuated residents remain in the dark about what toxic substances are lingering in their vacated neighborhoods while they await approval to return home. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Railroads say they’re making safety changes to reduce derailments after Ohio crash

The small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border is still struggling to recover a year later

 

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is warning about the risks of fires going unnoticed on locomotives, citing dozens of blazes in a report into an incident that triggered a wildfire two years ago in southeast British Columbia. A Canadian Pacific freight train travels on tracks covered with fire retardant in an area burned by wildfire above the Thompson River near Lytton, B.C., on Sunday, August 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Transportation Safety Board warns unnoticed locomotive fires pose wildfire risk

Board says freight locomotives aren’t equipped with real-time sensors to detect fires

 

People walk across the former main street as they take part in a silent march to pay tribute to the 47 victims of an oil-filled train derailment that occurred ten years ago, Thursday, July 6, 2023 in Lac Megantic, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Lac-Mégantic marks 10 anniversary of rail disaster that killed 47 people

Town has planned several days of events to highlight the anniversary

 

Canadian National Railway Co. says it reaped record first-quarter revenues due a bumper grain crop and higher oil prices. CN rail trains are shown at the CN MacMillan Yard in Vaughan, Ont., on Monday, June 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

CN Rail unveils new continental shipping service in bid to match rival’s vast network

Move comes in a bid to match rival CP Rail’s recent merger with Kansas City Southern

Canadian National Railway Co. says it reaped record first-quarter revenues due a bumper grain crop and higher oil prices. CN rail trains are shown at the CN MacMillan Yard in Vaughan, Ont., on Monday, June 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
An aerial view of a railway terminal port in Ashcroft, B.C. is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Ashcroft Terminal Ltd.

B.C. First Nation sues port firm, others for disrupting ancestral remains

Bonaparte First Nation says Ashcroft railway project on site of burial ground

An aerial view of a railway terminal port in Ashcroft, B.C. is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Ashcroft Terminal Ltd.
Canadian Pacific Railway trains sit at the main CP Rail trainyard in Toronto on Monday, March 21, 2022. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Kansas City Southern have officially combined to create Canadian Pacific Kansas City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

CP Rail, Kansas City Southern Rail merger now official

Merger is the continent’s first major one in the industry in more than two decades

Canadian Pacific Railway trains sit at the main CP Rail trainyard in Toronto on Monday, March 21, 2022. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Kansas City Southern have officially combined to create Canadian Pacific Kansas City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
A Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive is shown at the main CP Rail train yard in Toronto on Monday, March 21, 2022. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it will officially combine with Kansas City Southern Railway Co. on April 14 under a new name, Canadian Pacific Kansas City.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

CP Rail, Kansas City Southern Rail to combine next month after U.S. approval

$31B U.S. deal creates the only railway stretching from Canada through to the U.S. and Mexico

A Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive is shown at the main CP Rail train yard in Toronto on Monday, March 21, 2022. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it will officially combine with Kansas City Southern Railway Co. on April 14 under a new name, Canadian Pacific Kansas City.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision in Tempe near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. A train carrying hundreds of passengers has collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece, killing and injuring dozens passengers. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)

Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead

Passenger train, freight train crash head-on in central Greece

Firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision in Tempe near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. A train carrying hundreds of passengers has collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece, killing and injuring dozens passengers. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)
Passengers and military personnel wait on the platform of the Lviv train station in Western Ukraine on Feb. 18, 2023. Ukraine is appealing to Canada for rail parts and expertise to keep the embattled passenger and cargo rail system running as landmines and missile strikes threaten to stall the country's lifeline. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Osman

Ukraine appeals to Canada’s rail manufacturers to repair war-damaged lifeline

Country’s rail system is vital to the war effort, attacks have rendered 20 per cent of it unusable

Passengers and military personnel wait on the platform of the Lviv train station in Western Ukraine on Feb. 18, 2023. Ukraine is appealing to Canada for rail parts and expertise to keep the embattled passenger and cargo rail system running as landmines and missile strikes threaten to stall the country's lifeline. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Osman