Operation Lifesaver – Stop, Look, Listen and Live

 Every year in Canada approximately 300 collisions and trespassing incidents occur at highway/railway crossings and along railway tracks resulting in the death or serious injury of nearly 130 people. Virtually all of these incidents could be avoided. The members of Operation Lifesaver- self-proclaimed “dedicated railroaders and citizens” aim to save lives

Profiles: Kirstin Campbell

 Unlike so many of her collegues, Kirstin Campbell didn’t come from a family who worked on the rail. But after being with CP Rail for ten years she now describes herself as a railroader.  She first got hooked while was working as a server in a Merrickville, Ontario pub. She

Profiles: Rex Beatty

 Like most railway workers Rex Beatty started when he was a young man. Beginning as a brakeman and becoming a conductor he has always been an active union member, and in 2011 he was elected president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). The TCRC is an autonomous group within

Rail Safety in our Community

 photo by Frederic Dekkal Trains are as much a part of the fabric of Canada as the maple leaf. The railways are the steel ribbon that has connected Canada economically and socially from the post-Confederation days to the present. The majority of Canadians have been on a passenger train at