March 12, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Regan Foster appeared on the Northwest Herald website on March 12.) CHICAGO — A potential $300 million rail purchase has triggered a war of words, with Canadian National Railway‘s president firing back at two local lawmakers for what he called...
March 12, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Keith Benman appeared on the Munster Times website on March 11.) CHICAGO — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says Canadian National Railway has “fallen short” in its commitment to keeping Amtrak service running in Illinois after the...
March 12, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story appeared on the Gary Post-Tribune website on March 12.) PORTAGE, Ind. — A Griffith town council member is trying to hook up cities and towns in Indiana and Illinois that oppose the proposed Canadian National Railway purchase of the EJ&E...
March 11, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Mick Zawislak appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on March 11.) CHICAGO — Train horns are sounding again on the EJ&E Railway, at least for awhile. Equipment work has engineers blowing horns at most rail crossings from North...
March 11, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Lorene Yue appeared on Crain’s Chicago Business website on March 10.) CHICAGO — Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) told key Illinois lawmakers that it won’t leave Amtrak holding the bag to maintain tracks CN shares with the cash-strapped...
March 11, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on March 11.) CHICAGO — The Canadian National Railway Co. is offering to spend $40 million for overpasses in suburban areas facing major increases in freight train traffic under its plan...
March 10, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following column by Dennis Byrne appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on March 10.) CHICAGO — If dozens of freight trains were blasting through your neighborhood every day, you’d probably complain too. And so, folks in a ring of outer suburbs, from...
March 10, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Paige Winfield appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on March 10.) CHICAGO — As DuPage County officials anticipate more traffic congestion after the likely sale of the EJ&E railroad, they hope some federal dollars can at least...
March 10, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following story by Allan Dowd on March 7.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian National Railway is hindering efforts to improve rail safety with a “culture of fear,” according to a government report released on Friday. The report, begun in...
March 7, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Regan Foster appeared on The Herald website on March 7.) CHICAGO — Two area legislators said Thursday that a meeting with an international rail chief did little to quell worries about the impact that a proposed $300 million rail buyout could...
