April 22, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following by Ross Marowits on April 22.) MONTREAL — Spring hasn’t come fast enough for Canada’s largest railway after harsh winter conditions helped to put the brakes on CN Rail’s first-quarter profits as earnings fell four per cent...
April 22, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the Financial Post website on April 22.) OTTAWA — The “worst winter weather in decades,” combined with high fuel prices and a looming U.S. recession, caused Canadian National Railway Co. to lower its...
April 21, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Brent Jang appeared on the Globe and Mail website on April 21.) TORONTO — Two of the largest railways in the United States have joined rival Canadian National Railway Co. to sound the alarm that expansion plans by North America’s freight...
April 16, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Bob Uphues appeared on the Riverside/ Brookfield Landmark website on April 16.) RIVERSIDE, Ill. — North Riverside and Riverside could be the beneficiaries of a plan by the Canadian National Railroad (CN) to purchase a suburban rail line in...
April 16, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Kathy Cichon appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on April 16.) CHICAGO — The coalition of various governmental entities banding together to fight the purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway by the Canadian National...
April 14, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Marni Pyke appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on April 12.) CHICAGO — It’s not a collision course yet, but Metra leaders are wary of the Canadian National Railway’s plans to purchase the EJ&E railroad. CN’s...
April 14, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Josh Stockinger appeared on the Daily Herald website on April 13.) CHICAGO — For 38 years, Jim and Marilyn Griffin have had few complaints with the commercial railroad that passes by their house in the rural village of Wayne. Sure, they hear a...
April 14, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Regan Foster appeared on the Kane County Chronicle website on April 13.) BARRINGTON, Ill. — Opposition is rising to a proposed $300 million rail buyout that could increase rail traffic in the northwest suburbs. A fledgling group of governmental...
April 9, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story appeared on the Daily Herald website on April 9.) CHICAGO — The DuPage County Board voted Tuesday to join a consortium of municipal bodies fighting Canadian National’s proposed purchase of the EJ&E Railway line that essentially serves...
April 9, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following column by Kevin Hursh appeared on The Star Phoenix website on April 9. Kevin Hursh is a consulting agrologist and farmer based in Saskatoon.) SASKATOON — Our major railways do a wonderful job hauling grain. Just ask them. But don’t ask anyone else...
