The Ontario Southland Railway, a short line based out of Salford, Ontario, operates about 50 miles of track. Long known to roster vintage locomotives, President and CEO David Warne recently announced that
A large order of Plasser American maintenance-of way-equipment arrived in Canada on Nov. 6. Offloaded from a ship at the Port of Hamilton/Federal Marine Terminals Pier 14, the equipment was rigged up
After a long, cold Canadian winter, folks in the Great White North usually look forward to spring. We’ll put away our snow shovels and turn to gardening tools. Trees sprout leaves, flowers
CN’s first medium-horsepower hybrid locomotive has entered service. Built by KLW (Knoxville Locomotive Works) Q19-2.4GH No. 7100 first operated in Western Canada in March 2025. 7100 uses the platform of former BNSF
Mother Nature unleashed her winter fury over the Canadian Family Day long weekend, and maintenance-of-way staff inside plows began flying down the railways on Tuesday morning (Feb.18) as a result of intense
CN acquires GP38-2 locomotives directly from BNSF; Essex Terminal Railway unveils a new livery. While CN regularly acquires six-axle locomotives for main line power and has units rebuilt and repowered for modernization
On Oct. 31, 2024, the VIA Historical Association unveiled a locomotive wearing a “new” livery at the Ontario Southland Railway shops in Salford, Ontario. Painted in VIA Rail’s blue and yellow from
Spun off from CN in 1998, the Barrie Collingwood Railway (BCRY), which once ran from Collingwood to Innisfill, has been operated by Cando Rail & Terminals since inception. After a review of
The first SD75ACC locomotives have arrived on CN property and are now in service. Rebuilt from SD75i units built between 1996 and 1999, CN ordered 175 examples of the 4,300-hp DC traction
As reported on June 27, 2024 by Railway Age, the 18th of 32 Siemens Venture trainsets was delivered to VIA Rail’s Montreal Maintenance Center in a new, never-before-seen livery, which now has
