November 2, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 1.) NATCHEZ, Miss. — Canadian National, parent of Illinois Central Railroad, has dropped plans to abandon a rail line between Natchez and Brookhaven. Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday that CN will...
November 2, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article by Scott Sutherland on November 2.) VICTORIA, B.C. — CN Rail has promised to change its operations on the former BC Rail line from Vancouver to Prince George in a bid to minimize the chance of more...
October 27, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Mark Hume appeared on the Globe and Mail website on October 27.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — After two derailments just a few kilometres apart in the Cheakamus Canyon, near Squamish, Transport Canada has been asked to ensure that CN Rail is...
October 26, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(Canadian National issued the following news release on October 26.) EDMONTON, Alberta — CN announced today plans to discontinue seven Saskatchewan branch lines. None of the rail lines has carried any grain or other traffic for at least the past three years. As...
October 20, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 19.) MONTREAL — The Royal Canadian Golf Association saved the Canadian Women’s Open from dropping off the LPGA Tour schedule, agreeing to a three-year sponsorship deal Wednesday with...
October 19, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following article by Paul Delean was posted on the Montreal Gazette website on October 19.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway is still on a roll. Despite the negative impact of hurricanes, higher fuel costs, a couple of major derailments and an...
October 14, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on October 13.) WASHINGTON — Canadian National Railway Co., the nation’s biggest railroad, is challenging an arbitrator’s rate ruling in favor of customer Western Canadian Coal Corp.,...
October 12, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following article was posted on the Business Week website on October 12.) CHICAGO — As hurricane Katrina was hurtling toward New Orleans, E. Hunter Harrison was overseeing Canadian National Railway Co.’s emergency preparations from his home in...
October 3, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following article was posted on the Edmonton Sun website on October 3.) EDMONTON — Despite another derailment on the weekend, CN claims its safety record is actually better this year than last year. CN spokesman Jim Feeny said yesterday that there have been...
September 29, 2005 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article by Bob Weber on September 28.) EDMONTON — The day after CN Rail’s cleanup of its eighth derailment in two months, new figures from the Transportation Safety Board show accident rates have been climbing...
