Insights and Stories on Machinery

Apr. 20, 2011 at 4:36 pm CDT

Flooding caused by the Red River’s steady rise has forced Canadian Pacific Railway to reroute trains on one Manitoba branch line and to close another, while Canadian National Railway has closed a secondary line. The Manitoba government was building dikes Wednesday across two of CP’s lines to protect the towns […]

By Rod Nickel

Apr. 19, 2011 at 5:42 am CDT

The only sure way for drivers not to drown when crossing flooded rural roads is not to cross them, says Gordon Giesbrecht, associate dean at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation. Even if a road isn’t washed out — something drivers can’t see — it takes just […]

By Allan Dawson

Apr. 11, 2011 at 6:19 pm CDT

Aiming to boost its share of Canada’s domestic grocery and consumer goods shipping business, Canadian National Railway (CN) has bought over 1,000 new containers to cater to that market segment. About 80 per cent of the new containers are heated to carry “temperature-sensitive” goods year-round, while the remainder are standard […]

Apr. 8, 2011 at 5:57 pm CDT

A southwestern Manitoba company making loader attachments for the farm market is back to normal operations at a temporary site after its shop burned in mid-March. Agromec Industries, a manufacturer of front-end loader, telehandler and skid-steer loader attachments, has set up temporary space at the Glendale Industries building on the […]

Mar. 27, 2011 at 9:00 pm CDT

Noting the state’s “increased grain production,” Canadian Pacific Railway plans to budget an extra $100 million for infrastructure work and more personnel in North Dakota. “North Dakota is a source of growth for CP and the Midwest’s economy with its increased grain production, vast oil deposits in the Bakken Formation […]