Fire Halts Train Service
GILLAM, Canada — An early morning fire on a Canadian National Rail bridge near this northern Manitoba community has effectively cut off a Canadian grain port until the middle of next week.
Train travel to the northern grain port of Churchill was stopped Friday during the fire and is not expected to resume until Wednesday, a CN Rail spokesman said.
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