CANADIAN  NEWS


Cascades trainset.
Cascades trainset WDTX 1405 with Mt. Bachelor Talgo Series 8 cars at Piper, Mile 148.2, CN New Westminster Sub - 26 Jul 2018 Andy Cassidy.

NRPC - Amtrak Cascades Service Fully Restored After 11 Day Disruption

All - "Supertrain" Pulls in to the Delight of Model Train Enthusiasts



A GO Transit train.
A GO Transit train - Date? Tara Walton.

GO - New GO Routes Enhance Travel in Ontario



A CN locomotive.
A CN locomotive - Date? Photographer?

CN - Establishes a New Monthly Grain Movement Record

WCE/CPKC - Woman Suffers Broken Pelvis After Being Struck by Train While Trespassing on Tracks



Fort Erie International Railway Bridge.
A person stands on the Fort Erie International Railway Bridge - Date? Photographer?

CN - Person from Cuba Runs Across Railway Bridge at U.S. Border Into Ontario

CN/CPKC - New U.S. Tariffs Pummel Railroad Stocks

TTC/GO - Alstom to Begin Layoffs this June

TTC - Taiwan Tourism 3.0 Streetcar Makes a Grand Debut

All - United States Tariffs and Their Effect on the Model Train Industry



A Panama Canal Railway locomotive in Panama.
A Panama Canal Railway locomotive in Panama - Date? Photographer?

CPKC - and Lanco Group/Mi-Jack Sell Panama Canal Railway Company to APM Terminals

CN/CPKC - What's All the Fuss About Tariffs?

NRPC - Returns Railcars to Vancouver and Seattle Section of Cascades Route

UKRR - Nunavut Hunters Urge for Reassessment as Baffinland Eyes 2026 Construction of Steensby Rail

UKRR - Local Railroad Historian Angered by Elgin County Railway Museum



CPKC train.
A CPKC freight train - Date? Photographer?

CN/CPKC - Trump's Trade War Sparks Industry Uncertainty

CPKC - Distracted Rail Crew Missed Warning Before Fiery BC Train Crash

CN - Train Derails in Manitoba

CN - Letters Traded on Sea to Sky Rail Service

VIA - Public Health Advising of Potential Measles Exposure on VIA Train

FVHRS - Step Back in History With Cloverdale's Heritage Railway



RMRX Rockies to the Red Rocks.
Rocky Mountaineer's "Rockies to the Red Rocks" - 1 Apr 2025 Photographer?

RMRX - Cancels Canyon Spirit Train Due to Trump Tariffs

VIA - Warning of Delays on Trains After Freezing Rain

All - Transborder Freight by Rail Fell in January

RMRX - A Rocky Mountaineer Preview

All - Canada's Largest Model Train Show Returns


PHOTO OF THE WEEK AWARD - A Chinese railway double-headed passenger train from Tonghua to Baihe departs Hunjiang on the bridge over the Hunjiang River led by two JS Class 2-6-2 Mikados - 31 Dec 1992 Rudolf Gruetter.

 
 
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