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CN revenue rises 12.1% in Q2 2021

(Source: Reuters, July 20, 2021) NEW YORK — Canadian National Railway Co on Tuesday reported a 12.1% rise in quarterly revenue, as the country’s biggest railroad operator shipped more petroleum, chemicals and intermodal freight. Full story:...

Biden’s antitrust initiative threatens CN-KCS merger

(Source: Bloomberg, July 19, 2021) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern investors are right to worry that the Biden administration’s tougher stance on antitrust enforcement may signal trouble for the company’s $34 billion plan to sell itself to Canadian National Railway...

Why Canadian railroads want to expand aggressively

(Source: St. Catherines Standard, July 14, 2021) ST. CATHARINES, Ontario — This is all about KCS’s mid-American location and its extensive network in Mexico, where there’s considerable volume and potential growth in industrial and commodity shipments to and from that...

Canada orders CN, CP to take fire safety precautions

(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 12, 2021) Canadian Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra has ordered that CN and Canadian Pacific may not operate trains in certain subdivisions in British Columbia where the fire danger level is “extreme.” Full story:...

CN, KCS file voting trust replay; Next move is STB’s

(Source: Railway Age, July 7, 2021) NEW YORK — Proposed merger partners CN and Kansas City Southern (KCS) have submitted to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) a reply to comments filed on the railroads’ voting trust agreement. They detailed why the trust should be...

KCS sets special meeting date for vote on combination with CN

(Source: Kansas City Southern-Canadian National Railway joint press release, July 8, 2021) KANSAS CITY and MONTREAL — CN and Kansas City Southern (“KCS”) today announced that KCS has scheduled a virtual Special Meeting of Stockholders (“Special Meeting”) to vote on...

CN to report Q2 2021 earnings on July 20

(Source: Canadian National Railway press release, June 30, 2021) MONTREAL — CN will issue its second-quarter 2021 financial and operating results after the market close on July 20, 2021. CN’s senior officers will review the results and the railway’s...