Tag: CP Rail
Wisconsin oil spill clean up continues, residents kept away
Wisconsin oil spill: 109 oil cars derailed WATERTOWN, Wis. _ Contractors worked to clear more than a dozen derailed cars of a loaded Canadian Pacific Railway train Monday after thousands of litres of crude oil spilled from one tanker, causing the evacuation of a neighbourhood in a small southern Wisconsin city. Residents who evacuated dozens […]
CP Rail withdraws objection to Lac Megantic victims’ fund
Much of the downtown of Lac Megantic destroyed by runaway oil train in 2013 PORTLAND, Maine – A Canadian railroad is withdrawing its objection to a $338 million fund for victims of an oil train derailment that killed 47 people in a small town in Quebec, removing the final obstacle to the settlement’s final approval. A Canadian […]
Rail Safety: CP Rail officials take aim at US braking system regs
Rail safety regulations announced by Canadian, US transportation officials Top executives at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. are objecting to new US rail safety rules that would require a new braking system meant to stop derailments. Chief operating officer Keith Creel says the push for electronically controlled pneumatic brakes isn’t based on valid science and there […]
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