March 22, 2018 | CN, Headlines, NS
(Source: Dallas Innovates, March 21, 2018) DALLAS, Texas — GE announced this week that it secured orders for 225 refurbished locomotives from several unidentified railroads this year. The company also will deliver 80 modernized locomotives to Canadian Pacific Railway...
March 21, 2018 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: www.ipolitics.ca, March 19, 2018) OTTAWA — Cash-strapped Prairie farmers want the Liberal government to amend its planned overhaul of Canada’s transportation system to ensure another grain shipping season isn’t lost, warning current transportation delays...
March 20, 2018 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Financial Post, March 19, 2018) OTTAWA — Angry farm groups, apologetic railway executives and shippers looking for leverage are the voices of this year’s grain backlog. The crisis began in mid-February, when an extreme cold settled over the Canadian West....
March 20, 2018 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Calgary Herald, March 19, 2018) CALGARY — Executives from Canada’s two major railways spent Monday afternoon in Ottawa detailing the measures they are taking to alleviate a grain backlog in the prairies that has left farmers frustrated and angry. Full story:...
March 16, 2018 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 15, 2018) TORONTO — A coalition of U.S. grain companies has complained to the U.S. railway regulator about deteriorating service and new and higher charges at major North American railways. Full story: Globe and...
March 15, 2018 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Press, March 14, 2018) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. is beginning to recover from a turbulent end to 2017 and deep winter freeze that curtailed its service, the railroad’s interim CEO said Wednesday. Full story: CTV...
March 15, 2018 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, March 14, 2018) NEW YORK — Canadian National Railway Co.’s new boss is speeding up spending plans for new track and conductors as the carrier faces mounting pressure from customers to fix capacity shortages. Canada’s biggest railroad will lay...
March 14, 2018 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Clarion-Ledger via Associated Press, March 10, 2018) GLENDORA, Miss. — Glendora Mayor Johnny B. Thomas walks on the bridge where two men tossed Emmett Till’s lifeless body into the water below 62 years ago. This desolate spot, he says, is ground zero...
March 8, 2018 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Press, March 7, 2018) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. is apologizing for failing to keep grain shipments moving reliably by rail, and says it’s taking immediate steps to clear the backlog — including mobilizing more train cars and...
March 7, 2018 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, March 7, 2018) NEW YORK — Canadian National Railway Co said on Wednesday it would invest more than C$250 million ($193 million) this year to improve its infrastructure to ease grain supply issues in Western Canada. Full story:...
