The city is home to European-inspired architecture, some of the most wonderful French cuisine this side of the Atlantic and also home to two of the greatest events in North America, Winter Carnival (Mardi Gras on ice) and the Fete de la Nouvelle France in August. A few years ago the management team that runs […]
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MMA Railway could be sold by the end of 2013
PORTLAND — The bankrupt railroad whose runaway train killed 47 people in Quebec could be complete by year’s end, the company’s trustee said Thursday. Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway has made no secret that its sale will be necessary to repay creditors and victims following the July 6 disaster Lac-Megantic, Quebec. And railroad trustee Robert Keach […]
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court asked to handle compensation for victims of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway train disaster
BANGOR — A federal bankruptcy judge could decide how much compensation families of the victims killed by the train crash in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, receive. A motion filed last month in the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway’s bankruptcy petition asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Louis Kornrich to appoint a committee to represent wrongful death and personal injury […]
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Quebec train fire victims seek U.S. bankruptcy role
BANGOR (AP) — Survivors of more than 30 people killed when an oil train derailed in Quebec in July are seeking a role in the U.S. bankruptcy case of the company whose train caused the disaster. The motions filed last week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court ask for the creation of committee to represent wrongful-death and […]
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U.S. officials dispute claims that aging rail line is hazardous
Federal and state rail safety officials said Friday that Maine, Montreal and Atlantic’s operations in the United States are safe. This contrasts with a Canadian railway’s published claims that MMA’s operations made the line too risky for shipping oil. The Globe and Mail reported Thursday that Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. refused for several days to […]
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Federal Railroad Administration warns railway to stop using one-man crews in the U.S.
The nation’s top rail safety inspector warned the railway company whose train destroyed the center of a Quebec town last month to cease using one-man crews on its trains, officials said Thursday. Federal Railroad Administration administrator Joseph Szabo challenged but did not order Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway owner Ed Burkhardt to start using two-man […]
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Canada suspends license of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway in Quebec
MONTREAL — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd., whose runaway oil train exploded and killed 47 people in a Quebec town last month, had its operating certificate suspended by Canada’s transportation regulator. The Canadian Transportation Agency said the carrier lacked sufficient liability coverage in the wake of the disaster in Lac-Megantic, according to a statement […]
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In the wake of bankruptcy, keeping Maine’s rail network intact ‘strategically critical’
Speculation is growing over what the long-term economic impacts will be to the bankruptcy of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway. Experts interviewed by the Bangor Daily News, however, say businesses served by the railroad shouldn’t experience any immediate impacts as a result of the company’s bankruptcy. The railway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, […]
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Quebec tragedy brings hardship to Maine rail town
BROWNVILLE (AP) — A central Maine town that’s a hub for a railroad whose runaway oil train derailment killed 47 people in a small Quebec town is feeling the fallout from the accident. Brownville’s normally a noisy place with workers shifting railroad cars around a network of tracks in town. But the accident that brought […]
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Quebec police end search for bodies of train crash victims
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — The search is ending for five bodies that remain missing after an oil train derailed and exploded in a Quebec town, killing 47 people last month. Quebec provincial police Lt. Guy Lapointe said Thursday that they have done everything possible to find the remaining bodies. The coroner’s office says it has identified […]