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CN’s CEO, CFO certify financial documents
MONTREAL -- Canadian National announced today that Paul M. Tellier, its president and chief executive officer, and Claude Mongeau, its executive vice-president and chief financial officer,voluntarily certified CN's recent financial reports in submissions today to...
NS launches new ad campaign
NORFOLK, Va. -- In the serene, green hills surrounding a white farmhouse in pastoral western Virginia, the wind suddenly picks up, according to the Virginian-Pilot. A flock of birds takes flight. A barn door swings open. A rooftop weather vane shaped like a galloping...
Transport Canada: Improved safety at railway crossing in Quebec
OTTAWA -- Minister for International Trade Pierre Pettigrew, on behalf of Transport Minister David Collenette, today announced that the Government of Canada will provide $183,360 in assistance to improve safety at a railway crossing in Quebec. Since 1994, Transport...
Canadian government charges Canadian Pacific with polluting lake
SUDBURY, Ont. -- A wire service reports that Environment Canada has charged Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. with two counts of violating the pollution prevention sections of the Federal Fisheries Act following a year-long investigation. The charges relate to "an ongoing...
CN freight train leaves track near Milford, N.S.
MILFORD, Nova Scotia -- A freight train derailed near this central Nova Scotia community Tuesday afternoon, damaging about three kilometres of track, a wire service reported. No one was injured as the last three or four cars of the Canadian National train came off the...
Alstom plays down impact of U.S. train glitch
PARIS -- French train maker Alstom SA said on Tuesday a technical fault that prompted U.S. rail operator Amtrak to cancel most of its Acela Express high-speed train services would probably not affect its results, reports a wire service. Financially troubled Amtrak...
Bombardier shares slip as Amtrak sidelines trains
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- According to a wire service, shares of Bombardier Inc., the world's No. 1 maker of rail passenger equipment, dropped on Tuesday to their lowest level since late 1998 as Amtrak shut down high-speed trains, co-built by the Canadian...
Amtrak suspends service of most high-speed trains
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak suspended most of its high-speed Acela Express service in the Northeast Corridor yesterday (August 13) after cracks were found in some equipment, the New York Times reported. The problem with the Acela trains, which can travel up to 150...
Amtrak cancels Acela service
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak yesterday abruptly removed all of its high-speed Acela trains from service after discovering cracks and breaks in a bracket on the wheel sets of at least eight of the 18 trains. Officials feared the heavy metal pieces could break loose and...
Texas proposes high-speed rail lines
FORT WORTH, Texas -- It's not every day that planners carve out a serious proposal for high-speed rail in Texas. It's been almost nine years since the last one fizzled, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Perhaps the latest attempt to connect the state's...
