CP Holiday Train returns to Revelstoke this December
The CP Holiday Train will return to Revelstoke on December 14, 2022, raising money for the foodbank through live music performances and holiday spirit.
The CP Holiday Train will return to Revelstoke on December 14, 2022, raising money for the foodbank through live music performances and holiday spirit.
A CP Railway locomotive derailed in the Revelstoke yard on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 21, during a switching operation. The cause of the incident is under investigation, says CP staff in an email.
An avalanche derailed a CP Rail train in Glacier National Park on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 21.
It remains unclear if there was a bomb threat or not.
Three CP Rail crew members have died in a train derailment near Field, B.C.
A CP Rail train derailed in Revelstoke on Sunday, January 27. Check back to revelstokemountaineer.com for more details on this developing story.
On the eve of a February 2015 rail strike, a Revelstoke train crew expressed concern about the procedure to separate rail cars carrying fuel oil from a train. The concerns were relayed up the chain from the rail traffic controller to his superior, then his superior. In a newly-released ruling, the Provincial court Justice presents his decision that found the lower level supervisor guilty of contravening a Transport Canada emergency directive, but not his supervisor or CP Rail.
A CP Rail manager has been found guilty in a 2015 incident that saw a loaded train left unattended on a hill above Revelstoke with brakes not adequately applied. The incident happened on the eve of a railway strike. However, CP Rail and another senior manager were found not guilty.
Alcohol was involved in the incident which left the 25-year-old man with severed limbs.
CP Rail Road Master Chad Deschamps, other Revelstoke railroaders featured in Discovery Canada’s Rocky Mountain Railroad.