Trains getting back to normal at Via Rail

Via Rail ticket counters were getting back to normal Sunday as service began to resume on the nation's passenger rail service after a two-day strike ended.

[The Toronto Star]

Lakeshore GO back following Bronte accident

http://thestar.com/article/692275

Thandiwe Vela September 8, 2009
All westbound GO Tansit service on the Lakeshore West line has re-opened following an early morning accident in which a woman was killed.

... cancelled when 343 locomotive engineers and seven yardmasters walked out at noon on Friday. Knight, a resident of Milton, Ont., and her brother Michael Knight, 66, of Hartville, Ohio, had been taking the train from Quebec City to her home 30 minutes ...
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Related Topix: Ontario, Hartville, OH

[get back on track]

http://www.topix.net/forum/business/railroads...

Economic engine Railroads planning for economy to get back on track

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52 min ago | Fort Worth Business Press

Rows of locomotives are still parked at Union Pacific Railroad's Davidson Rail Yard under the Hulen Street bridge in Fort Worth, waiting for the company's shipping volume to go back to pre-recession levels.
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[barometer of economy]

Rail service barometer of economy

The 1954 locomotive, with its 1750 horsepower engine, pulls out of Utopia and heads east along the industrial spur that serves Barrie and Innisfil businesses.

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http://www.topix.com/ca/simcoe-on/2009/11/rai...

[Presto fare card]

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/73102...

Smart transit card loads online

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2 hrs ago | The Toronto Star

About 75 Oakville-area commuters will become guinea pigs Monday for the latest phase in the province's Presto fare card pilot.

http://www.topix.net/ca/halton

[CNR strike]

Government could force CN strikers back to work: official

The federal government is prepared to table back-to-work legislation Monday to end the Canadian National Railway strike if the two sides do not reach a deal by the start of the week.

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:42 EST

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/11/29/ign...