January 10, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Bob Okon appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on January 10.) CHICAGO — That train could be a-comin’ about every half-hour at certain crossings in Joliet and Plainfield if a railroad merger goes forward as planned. Canadian...
January 10, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Richard Wronsk appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on January 10. Freelance reporter Robert Channick contributed to this report.) CHICAGO — The proposed sale of a short-line railroad whose tracks arc around the Chicago area, from Waukegan...
January 9, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Marni Pyke appeared on the Daily Herald website on January 9.) CHICAGO — Federal regulators launched the first of seven public forums on the Canadian National Railway’s controversial purchase of the EJ&E railroad Tuesday. At least 50...
January 8, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on January 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to inquiries from the public, The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is providing additional guidance on how to participate in the economic and environmental...
January 8, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on January 7.) MONTREAL — CN Railway is looking forward to several years of labour peace after members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union ratified a five-year collective agreement at the...
January 7, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Guy Tridgell appeared on the South Town Star website on January 6.) TINLEY PARK, Ill. — New Lenox does not want to see it happen. Neither do Frankfort and Matteson. But the proposed sale of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad could bring...
January 7, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Charles F. Haber appeared on the Munster Times website on January 5.) GRIFFITH, Ind. — The Griffith Town Council is hoping to have the proposed $300 million sale of the EJ&E Railway to the Canadian National Railway Co. reclassified from a...
January 4, 2008 | CN, Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Marni Pyke appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on January 4.) CHICAGO — Communities who stand to lose or gain by the Canadian National Railway’s proposed takeover of the EJ&E railway can sound off this month. If the Canadian...
January 4, 2008 | CN, Headlines
(The following letter to the editor appeared on the Battle Creek Enquirer website on January 3, and iis written by the wife of a locomotive engineer.) BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — On New Year’s Eve, my husband, two youngest kids and myself were driving over the Main...
December 28, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(CN and Wi-Tronix issued the following press release on December 27.) MONTREAL —Wi-Tronix®, LLC (Bolingbrook, IL) has been selected as CN’s preferred remote monitoring solutions provider. The Wi-Tronix system provides CN with the benefits of ready access to...
