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Trucking biz not threatened by rail’s popularity

(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on September 30, 2009.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Most of the logistics and transportation headlines these days revolve around railroads beefing up their operations in Memphis, one of the most significant...

CN, Canadian locomotive engineers optimistic about talks

(The following appeared at TradingMarkets.com on September 24, 2009.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Officials with Canadian National Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Union, or TCRC, which is representing roughly 1,700 locomotive engineers are both optimistic...

Rolling to the future at Canadian National rail yard

(The following story by Wayne Risher appeared on the Memphis Commercial Appeal website on September 25, 2009.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Canadian National Railway Co. marked a $100 million upgrade of its second-largest U.S. rail yard Thursday by naming it for retiring...

Opinion: Fighting the railroad can be a lonely battle

(The following column by Guy Tridgell appeared on the Southtown Star website on September 22, 2009.) CHICAGO — And then there was one. In the summer of 2008, from the Indiana state line to Joliet, our suburbs presented a united front. Their cause was the Canadian...

CN improves Chicago short line traffic, service

(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on September 21, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Train traffic is rising on the Chicago-area short line that Canadian National Railway absorbed this year, but CN told regulators it further...

CN’s $100M Memphis-area renovation draws to a close

(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on the Daily News website on September 16, 2009.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Canadian National Railway Co. next week will unveil the three-year, $100 million renovation to its Johnston Yard freight car switching facility in South...