July 1, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Kathy Cichon appeared on the Aurora Beacon News website on July 1.) AURORA, Ill. — Hoping to stop in its tracks Canadian National Railway’s plan to acquire the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway, area leaders are looking to Congress for...
July 1, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Lauren Traut appeared on the Frankfort Station website on July 1.) FRANKFORT, Ill. — Frankfort Village Administrator Jerry Ducay joined representatives from the Surface Transportation Board, Mayor Richard Daley and other area representatives...
June 30, 2008 | CN, CP, Headlines
(The following story by Jonathan Ratner appeared on the Financial Post websit eon June 26.) OTTAWA — The agriculture boom and growing demand for fertilizer may be doing great things for potash producers and their investors, but it should also provide a boost for...
June 30, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Robert Channick appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on June 29.) CHICAGO — Arguments against Canadian National Railway’s proposed acquisition of a little-used freight line took a sharp turn Sunday at a Barrington rally from concerns...
June 30, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Lenore T. Adkins appeared on the Daily Herald website on June 30.) CHICAGO — Who will prevail in what’s shaping up to be a battle between several local towns and an international railway company? Only time well tell. But for now,...
June 30, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 27.) DECATUR, Ill. — A 35-year-old Decatur man is dead after a railroad construction accident in the central Illinois town. Macon County Coroner Michael Day says the man was knocked from a catwalk Thursday by some...
June 26, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Chad Brooks appeared on the Daily Herald website on June 26.) CHICAGO — Opponents of Canadian National’s purchase of the Elgin Joliet & Eastern railway are holding the first in a series of public rallies Sunday. Members of Barrington...
June 26, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Tom Peters appeared on The Chronicle Herald website on June 26.) HALIFAX, N.S. — If there was a point to James Footes’s luncheon speech to the Halifax business community Wednesday, it was lost somewhere between dessert and coffee. Container...
June 25, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following appeared at GlobeSt.com on June 25.) CHICAGO — Canadian National Railway Co. is in the process of trying to acquire the Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. (EJ&E). The possible acquisition has many suburban communities up in arms with concerns...
June 25, 2008 | CN, CP, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Financial Post website on June 25.) OTTAWA — Unusually harsh winter weather wreaked havoc on the on-time performance of Canadian National Railway Co. in the second quarter, according to the UBS annual survey of short line railways. “A...
