August 7, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following story by Allan Dowd on August 6.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian National plan to buy the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad hit new snag on Wednesday, when it failed to win more time to close the deal that has generated a storm of...
August 6, 2008 | CN, Headlines, STB
(The following story by Erik Potter appeared on the Post-Tribune website on August 6.) CHICAGO — Lawmakers left Tuesday’s congressional field hearing on Canadian National’s proposed purchase of the EJ&E Railroad even more convinced that the...
August 6, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Andre Salles appeared on the Sun-Times website on August 6.) CHICAGO — Members of the Illinois congressional delegation went into Tuesday’s hearing believing Canadian National Railway’s buyout of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern line...
August 6, 2008 | CN, Headlines, STB
(The following story by Mary Wisniewski appeared on the Sun-Times website on August 6.) CHICAGO — Suburban legislators outraged over a recent Surface Transportation Board report on the proposed purchase of the Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railway want to change the...
August 5, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Post-Tribune website on August 5.) CHICAGO — A congressional field hearing on the impacts of the proposed purchase of the EJ&E Railroad by Canadian National will meet today in Chicago. The hearing is set to start at 10:30 a.m. in...
August 5, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following column by Dan Campana appeared on the Beacon News website on August 4.) CHICAGO — Oh, Canada. Your home and native railroad company sure wants to bring a lot of trains here. True patriots — as the Maple Leaf anthem goes — Canadian National...
August 5, 2008 | CN, Headlines, STB
(The following story by Andre Salles appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on August 2.) CHICAGO — Under new legislation proposed this week, the federal Surface Transportation Board would have to consider the impact of any railway sale on local communities...
August 4, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Canadian National Railway Co.’s plan to buy a railway in northeastern Illinois has divided the state’s congressional delegation and some of its most powerful politicians,...
August 1, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Andre Salles appeared on The Beacon News website on August 1) CHICAGO — On Tuesday, a group of federal legislators will meet in Chicago to discuss Canadian National Railway Company’s proposed $300 million buyout of the Elgin, Joliet and...
August 1, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Bob Okon appeared on The Herald News website on August 1.) JOLIET — Joliet appears ready to work with Canadian National Railway rather than fight the company’s plan to take over the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern line. A number of...
