Lex Anteinternet: Canadian railroad dispute ordered into arbitration.

Lex Anteinternet: Subsidiarity Economics 2024. The times more or les...:

August 23, 2024

The Canadian government has forced the Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National railroads into arbitration with their unions, so rail traffic in Canada will resume shortly.

After no agreement was reached, the railroads had locked their workers out yesterday.

Kingston's Hanley Spur: Locomotives of the Hanley Spur

Kingston's Hanley Spur: Locomotives of the Hanley Spur: I've endeavoured to compile a list of locomotives that served CN and CP's waterfront trackage, based on photos I've seen. These...

The not so great train robbery.

CN police, RCMP investigating Monday train robbery in Brocklehurst

Mar 28, 2023 | 1:36 PM

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP are assisting CN Rail police as they investigate a train robbery.

Spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says RCMP were called just after 7:00 a.m. Monday (March 27). The incident took place at the junction of Tranquille Road and Ord Road in Brocklehurst.

It’s not known what was taken.

CFJC Today.

It’s not known what was taken.

Eh? 

Saturday, January 20, 1923. Canadian Northern Railway merged into Canadian National Railway.

Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, January 20, 1923. Children singing, rai...:   

The Canadian Northern Railway and the Canadian Government Railways merged into the Canadian National Railway.  The merger of the CNR and the CGR was forced by the government due to the financial failure of the CNR, although at one time the railroad had steamships as well as trains.

The CNN is one of the world's great railways, spanning all of Canada and the Eastern United States.

You'll note that the creation of this system is either an application of the American System of economics, albeit in Canada, or of Socialism. At one time the nationalization of railroads was not the controvery it would be now.