Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. and three of its employees have been charged with criminal negligence in connection with the derailment and explosion of a train in Lac-Megantic last year, Quebec’s prosecutor’s office said. The railway and the employees …
Canadian National Railway says it will phase out the type of tank cars involved in the Quebec train derailment last summer that killed 47. CN Rail chief executive Claude Mongeau said Tuesday its fleet of 183 DOT-111 tank cars will …
Canadian investigators probing a train disaster that killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, urged U.S. and Canadian regulators on Wednesday to review the processes for transporting or importing dangerous goods to ensure proper documentation. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB), which …
The bankrupt railroad whose runaway train sparked a fire and explosion that killed 47 people in Quebec could be sold by year’s end, the company’s trustee said Thursday. Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway has made no secret that its sale …
Canada should force railways to take out enough insurance to ensure they can cover damage caused by major incidents, the Canadian Senate said on Thursday in a report issued after last month’s train disaster in Quebec, which killed 47 people. …
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said it will contest Quebec’s decision to add the railroad to an emergency decontamination order in the wake of the train disaster that killed 47 people in the province last month. Quebec Environment Minister Yves-Francois Blanchet …
The U.S. railway whose runaway train killed 47 people in a tiny Quebec town last month was granted bankruptcy protection from a Canadian court on Thursday and took steps in that direction in a U.S. court as well. Montreal Maine …
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd., the operator of the runaway oil train that exploded and killed 47 people in a Quebec town, said it was forced to file for bankruptcy because of potential liability from the crash. Service will …
The family of one of 50 people who died in a fiery Canadian oil-train explosion is suing the train’s Illinois owners. The Chicago Sun-Times says the wrongful death case was filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court. It was filed …
Canada’s two big railroads are reviewing safety standards after the deadly train crash on July 6 that killed some 50 people and destroyed the center of a small Quebec town. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, Canada’s No. 2 operator, said on …