April 13, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following report appeared at SeekingAlpha.com on April 10, 2009.) Canadian National Railway Co. (CNI) is the only top-tier North American railway expected to make gains in the first quarter with earnings season set to kick off next week, according to UBS analyst...
April 9, 2009 | CN, Headlines, VIA Rail
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on April 9, 2009.) TORONTO — GO Transit has agreed to buy a strategically important rail line that runs through Toronto from Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR). The provincially owned commuter service will pay $160 million...
April 9, 2009 | CN, CP, Headlines
(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the Financial Post website on April 7, 2009.) OTTAWA — With the country’s largest railways set to report their first-quarter earnings in two weeks, Fadi Chamoun, UBS analyst, is predicting Canadian Pacific Railway...
April 9, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Diane Francis appeared on the Financial Post website on April 8, 2009.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. has developed a transformative strategy it calls the “Pipeline on Rail” that can move oil-sands production quickly and...
April 8, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on April 8, 2009.) TORONTO — The lawyer for a group of First Nations protesters says disrupting railway traffic through blockades can be justified as a way to bring attention to aboriginal issues. Lawyer Peter Rosenthal was...
April 2, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on April 1, 2009.) CN recently appointed Gordon Trafton senior vice president of strategic acquisitions and integration. Most recently SVP-Southern Region, Trafton first will be assigned to oversee the...
April 1, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Brent Wittmeier appeared on the Globe and Mail website on April 1, 2009.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Crew shortages may be to blame for a 2007 Canadian National Railway Co. collision that sent gasoline-fed flames skyward and spilling down the banks of...
March 30, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(CN issued the following on March 27, 2009.) MONTREAL — CN will issue its first-quarter 2009 financial and operating results on April 20, 2009, shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern time (ET). CN’s senior officers will review the results and the railway’s outlook that...
March 27, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Kirk Makin appeared on the Globe and Mail website on March 27, 2009.) TORONTO — In an aggressive response to a series of train-track blockades in 2007, Canadian National Railways is suing three aboriginal activists for disrupting its flow of...
March 25, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Scott Deveau of the Financial Post appeared at Canada.com on March 24, 2009.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. says it’s beginning to see early signs of recovery after months of dramatically declining volumes. In particular, grain and...
