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CN, Canadian locomotive engineers resume talks

(The following appeared at TradingMarkets.com on October 6, 2009.) WINNIPEG, MB — Talks between officials with Canadian National Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Union, or TCRC, which is representing roughly 1,700 locomotive engineers, resumed Tuesday...

Man files discrimination lawsuit against CN

(The following story by John K. Ryan appeared on the Southtown Star website on October 2, 2009.) CHICAGO — A black man is suing Homewood-based Canadian National Railway for discrimination, saying he was harassed on the job with such acts as finding nooses in his work...

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...