July 8, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on July 8.) SOURIS, Man. — Three men have been taken to hospital after a derailment caused by a cattle truck and train colliding in southwestern Manitoba. The train’s locomotive and seven log cars were...
July 7, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on July 7.) PRESCOTT, Ontario — A rail that buckled due to heat caused the derailment that shut down CN Rail’s main Toronto-to-Montreal line, a company official said yesterday. The temperature in this...
July 1, 2005 | CN, Contract Agreement, Headlines
(The following letter from Teamsters Canada Rail Conference President Gilles Hallé appeared on the TCRC website on July 1.) OTTAWA — Brothers and Sisters the memorandum of settlement signed with CN Rail on May 18, 2005 has been approved by a clear and overall...
June 30, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following article by Nita McCann was posted on the Natchez Democrat website on June 30.) NATCHEZ, Miss. — Canadian National, parent of Illinois Central Railroad, is in talks with Kansas-based railroad company Watco to possibly operate the rail between...
June 1, 2005 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The following article by Sandy Davis was posted on the Baton Rouge Advocate website on June 1.) BATON ROUGE, La. — A Fire Department spokesman said Tuesday that Monday’s train derailment in downtown Baton Rouge “could have been much worse” as...
May 31, 2005 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 31.) BATON ROUGE, La. — Several blocks in downtown Baton Rouge were evacuated when a Canadian National train derailed, but no one was injured and no pollutants were released. Tourists visiting the USS...
May 16, 2005 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Reg Curren on May 13.) CALGARY — The union representing 1,700 locomotive engineers at Canadian National Railway Co., the country’s biggest railroad, said it plans to strike on May 18. Contract talks broke...
May 5, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(Wabtec Corporation circulated the following news release on May 4.) WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Corporation today announced that its Wabtec Railway Electronics unit has received a $5 million order for more than 500 high-productivity end-of-train (EOT) devices and...
April 22, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article by Alan Swift on April 21.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. is looking to acquire more small railways in Canada and the United States, its chief executive said Thursday. Hunter Harrison said it is...
April 21, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(Bloomberg News distributed the following article by Rip Watson on April 20.) WASHINGTON — — Canadian National Railway Co., the North American railroad with the highest profit margins, said first-quarter earnings rose 42 percent, helped by acquisitions and...
