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CN, locomotive engineers to resume contract talks

(Reuters circulated the following on November 17, 2009.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Negotiators for Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) (CNI.N) and its 1,700 unionized locomotive engineers will resume talks on a new labor contract on Wednesday, a company spokesman said. The...

Police: Drunk man survives being run over by train

(The Associated Press circulated the following on November 15, 2009.) FOND DU LAC, Wisc. — Police said a highly intoxicated man who survived when multiple freight train cars rolled over him is “the luckiest guy alive.” Police Major Kevin Lemke said...

CN sees gradual recovery, growing demand

(Reuters circulated the following on November 12, 2009.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway believes the economy has touched bottom and Canada’s largest railroad expects a gradual recovery, shaped more like the Nike swoosh logo, rather than a robust V-shaped...

CN executive vice-president, sales and marketing leaving CN

(CN issued the following on November 6, 2009.) MONTREAL — CN today announced that James M. Foote, CN executive vice-president, Sales and Marketing has decided to leave the Company after 14 years at CN. E. Hunter Harrison, president and chief executive officer, said:...

CN chief sees freight recovery, ‘confidence issue’

(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following story by Ann Keeton on November 2, 2009.) EVANSTON, Ill. — Canadian National Railway Co. (CNI) is seeing steady monthly increases in business of 3% to 4%, causing Chief Executive Hunter Harrison to turn bullish for a...

STB agrees to widen its oversight of EJ&E deal

(The following story by Andre Salles appeared on the Beacon News website on October 28, 2009.) CHICAGO — The federal Surface Transportation Board has agreed to widen its oversight of Canadian National Railway Company’s purchase of the suburban Elgin, Joliet and...

CN’s Hunter Harrison nears final station

(The following story by Brent Jang appeared on the Globe and Mail website on October 27, 2009.) MONTREAL — In his 16th floor office in Montreal, Hunter Harrison is reminiscing about his birthplace of Memphis, where he grew up a kilometre down the road from Elvis...