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,...
December 29, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Robert McCoppin appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on December 23.) CHICAGO — Union Pacific Railroad Co. has withdrawn its objection to Canadian National Railway Co.’s plan to acquire the EJ&E Railroad. The move is one of a...
December 29, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane and Hugo Miller on December 24.) CHICAGO — Canadian National Railway Co., the country’s largest railroad, won U.S. approval for the $300 million acquisition of a Chicago-area line from U.S. Steel...
December 23, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Carl Clutchey appeared on the Chronicle Journal website on December 23.) THUNDER BAY, Ontario — There may be easier ways to make a buck. But one of the most physically demanding jobs one can have is starting to look a little better to some...
December 23, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Elisabeth Kilpatrick appeared on the Southtown Star website on December 23.) CHICAGO — Mokena will receive nearly $500,000 to pay for noise mitigation efforts and other concessions from Canadian National Railway under an agreement approved...
December 23, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Alex Roth appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on December 23.) CHICAGO — It seemed like a common-sense transaction when Canadian National Railway Co. signed a deal with U.S. Steel Corp. to buy a suburban rail line, seeking to reroute...
December 22, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(Issued the following on December 19.) MONTREAL — CN announced today it has ordered 40 additional high-horsepower locomotives from Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD) and secured an option for 50 more of the EMD locomotives. CN will acquire 40 EMD SD70M-2 locomotives in...
December 18, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Erik Potter appeared on the Gary Post-Tribune website on December 18.) GARY, Ind. — Griffith became the third Northwest Indiana town to accept a mitigation agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. on Wednesday. The town council approved the...
December 17, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on December 17.) CHICAGO — Some communities that had opposed Canadian National Railway’s plan to run more freight trains through their towns have decided to stop fighting and...
