January 12, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Laura Michaels appeared on the New Lenox Patriot website on January 12.) NEW LENOX, Ill. — New Lenox officials are determined to continue their fight against Canadian National Railway’s purchase of the EJ&E Railroad, Village...
January 9, 2009 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(The following story by Patrick White appeared on the Globe and Mail website on January 9.) WINNIPEG — Situated in an industrial area 20 minutes east of downtown Winnipeg and populated by burly men in steel-toes and hard hats, Canadian National Railway’s...
January 9, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Andre Salles appeared on the St. Charles Sun website on January 9.) CHICAGO — On Christmas Eve, the federal Surface Transportation Board approved the $300 million sale of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad to Canadian National Railway...
January 8, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following column by Bill Mego appeared on the Naperville Sun website on January 8.) CHICAGO — Would you say that, because a community is used to flooding, no more flood controls are needed? Well, that’s the kind of logic the Surface Transportation Board...
January 7, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Daily Herald website on January 7.) CHICAGO — Barrington’s request to federal regulators to delay a merger between CN and the EJ&E railroads is just too long, lawyers for the railway say. CN Tuesday asked the U.S. Surface...
January 7, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Guy Tridgell appeared on the Southtown Star website on January 7.) CHICAGO — The legal opposition to the Canadian National Railway’s plans for the EJ&E Railroad continues to grow. Will County has filed paperwork with the federal...
January 6, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Michael Gilbert appeared on the New Lenox Patriot website on January 6.) NEW LENOX, Ill. — New Lenox will appeal the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s decision to approve the sale of the EJ&E Railroad to Canadian National Railway,...
January 6, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Eric Peterson and Marni Pyke appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on January 6.) CHICAGO — The village of Barrington filed two court actions Monday in an attempt to stop the Canadian National-EJ&E railroad deal. Barrington filed a...
December 30, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Guy Tridgell appeared on the Southtown Star website on December 28.) CHICAGO — The EJ&E Railroad could become the great equalizer between the haves and the have-nots. Canadian National Railway Co.’s $300 million acquisition of line...
December 30, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Mark Wilson appeared at GulfShipper.com on December 29.) Hunter Harrison, president and chief executive of Canadian National, has a grand plan for North American railways. During a keynote speech to the third annual Canada Maritime Conference,...
