February 22, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Guy Tridgell of The Southtown Star appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on February 22.) CHICAGO — The plans call for beefing up aging railroad tracks that run past quaint neighborhoods, through thriving subdivisions or historic...
February 22, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Marni Pyke appeared on the Daily Herald website on February 22.) CHICAGO — The Canadian National Railway’s plan to buy the EJ&E railroad shouldn’t come at the expense of a new commuter train system through the suburbs, Sen....
February 22, 2008 | CN, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Andre Salles appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on February 22.) CHICAGO — As comments continue to pour in to the Surface Transportation Board regarding the proposed sale of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad, one of the other...
February 21, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following appeared on the National Post website on February 20.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Company director V. Maureen Kempston Darkes exercised 32,000 options for company shares at prices ranging from $14.75 to $15.41 between Feb. 11 and Feb. 13, 2008....
February 21, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Michelle L. Quinn appeared on the Gary Post-Tribune website on February 21.) GARY, Ind. — A recent meeting between the federal Surface Transportation Board and U.S. lawmakers from Indiana has Canadian National Railroad listening. But it’s...
February 21, 2008 | CN, CP, Headlines
(The Saskatchewan News Network circulated the following on February 21.) REGINA — The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has reduced the revenue cap for the movement of western grain for the 2007-08 crop year by $72.2 million, or $2.59 per tonne based on forecasted...
February 21, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Keith Benman appeared on the Munster Times website on February 21.) MUNSTER, Ind. — U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Ind., and town officials drew a line in the sand against Canadian National Railway’s plan to buy the EJ&E Railway...
February 20, 2008 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(The following story by Emma Reilly appeared on the Toronto Star website on February 20.) TORONTO — GO Transit’s rail service is expected to be fully restored later today after Monday’s freight train derailment. GO offered reduced service between Hamilton and...
February 19, 2008 | CN, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Sean B. Pasternak and Hugo Miller on February 19.) TORONTO — VIA Rail Canada and GO Transit delayed and rerouted some passenger trains in Ontario after a Canadian National Railway Co. freight train derailed yesterday...
February 19, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Becky Malkovich appeared on The Southern website on February 15.) CARBONDALE, Ill. — A commitment from CN railway company that promises to keep Amtrak trains on track to Southern Illinois and beyond is apparently not enough to ease concerns of...