May 29, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Press, May 28, 2020) MONTREAL — Business at Canadian National Railway Co. has gone downhill since mid-March, leading to thousands of temporary job cuts at the company as the COVID-19 pandemic rips into a sector that serves as a barometer of economic...
May 28, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Western Producer, May 27, 2020) SASKATOON — Canada’s largest railway company says it expects western Canadian grain to continue to move a brisk pace in June and July after spring seeding operations have wrapped up. Full story: Western...
May 11, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 8, 2020) A labor strike in November. Protest blockades along several key lines in February. The COVID-19 pandemic emerging and accelerating in March. And on top of that, the usual severe winter weather during the first quarter....
May 7, 2020 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, May 6, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Despite the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to disrupt supply chain flows, the Canadian railways boasted record volumes of grain shipped in April. Full story: Freight Waves
May 6, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Canadian National Railway press release, May 5, 2020) MONTREAL — CN announced that, after having its second best Q1 western Canadian grain movement result with 6.59 million metric tons (MMT) moved, the Company moved 2.73 MMT in April, exceeding its previous...
May 4, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, April 30, 2020) MONTREAL — CN Rail is suing protesters who allegedly blocked dozens of its trains in northern B.C. in February in support of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. CN filed the civil suit in February against unnamed demonstrators who...
April 29, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: CBS Minnesota, April 28, 2020) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Canadian National Railway has paid $1.25 million to settle damage caused by a 2016 wildfire that burned national forest land in northeastern Minnesota, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Full story: CBS...
April 29, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, April 28, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on freight rail activity is yet to come, said executives during Canadian National’s first-quarter earnings call on April 27. Full story: Freight...
April 29, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: BNN Bloomberg, April 28, 2020) MONTREAL — The head of Canadian National Railway Co. is calling on businesses to take Canada’s future into their own hands as the country continues to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and works to get the economy back up and...
April 28, 2020 | CN, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: S&P Global Platts, April 27, 2020) HOUSTON — Canadian National railroad reported a record level of coal shipments in March, along with strong revenues in the first quarter, executives said Monday. Not only did CN move all-time records for coal in March,...
