Canadian train conductor fired after posting racy photos of herself posing on train tracks wins wrongful dismissal lawsuit

A Canadian train conductor who was fired after posting racy photos of herself on train tracks on social media has won a wrongful dismissal lawsuit.

Stephanie Katelnikoff, 30, was let go from her job at Canadian Pacific Rail in 2017 after the company said the photos violated its internet and email policy and its code of ethics.

Ms Katelnikoff, who is also a model and mechanic, posted a series of images of herself in provocative poses and skimpy outfits on rail tracks which have since been deleted.

Her lawyers successfully argued that Ms Katelnikoff was wrongfully dismissed but the amount of monetary compensation she will get is yet to be decided.

However, she will not be reinstated at Canadian Pacific due to the fact that she posted a sexually suggestive image on social media mentioning the Canadian Pacific investigating officer by name at the time of her dismissal.

“I’m sad I don’t get to go back,” Ms Katelnikoff told VICE Canada.

“It’s just the best job ever to hop on a freight train and drive through the Canadian Rockies.”

Canadian Pacific claimed it had received a complaint about Ms Katelnikoff’s posts from a woman named ‘Sharon Dickenson’ but lawyers for Ms Katelnikoff said the complaints were not believed to be legitimate.

Canadian Pacific Rail did not comment on the decision.

Ms Katelnikoff, who now has a new job elsewhere, said she eventually wanted to go to law school so that she can help others.

“What a girl does in her spare time when she goes home with her life and her body isn’t anybody else’s business but her own. And if it’s not hurting anyone, then it really shouldn’t matter to the company,” she told the Canadian Press.