October 8, 2014 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, October 7, 2014) NEW YORK — A freight train derailed in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on Tuesday, setting two cars carrying petroleum distillate on fire, Canadian National Railway Co said. Full story: Reuters
September 18, 2014 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail, September 17, 2014) TORONTO — The federal government is imposing a fine on Canadian National Railway Co. for failing to comply with an order that it move a minimum amount of grain each week. Full story: Globe and Mail
September 16, 2014 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 15, 2014) CN has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $5.25 million to resolve a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enforcement Bureau investigation into the railroad’s acquisition and operation of hundreds of...
September 15, 2014 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Winnipeg Free Press, September 9, 2014) WINNIPEG — A new $35-million national training facility for CN Rail employees from across Canada officially opened today in Winnipeg. Up to 400 workers ranging from locomotive engineers to rail car mechanics will train...
September 3, 2014 | BNSF, CN, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, September 2, 2014) NEW YORK — Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the two richest Americans, share a friendship, a commitment to philanthropy and an interest in railroad investments. In 2014, Gates’s trains are the better performers. Canadian National...
August 27, 2014 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Portland Press Herald, August 26, 2014) AUBURN, Maine — Canada’s largest freight railroad is ending service to Maine’s truck-and-rail hub in Auburn, citing insufficient freight volume for a move that jeopardizes the future of the only such transportation...
August 25, 2014 | Amtrak, CN, Headlines
(Source: The Southern, August 23, 2014) CARBONDALE, Ill. — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, addressed the continued delays on the Chicago-Champaign-Carbondale line, saying the priority given to freight trains along lines operated by Canadian National has caused...
August 22, 2014 | Amtrak, CN, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 21, 2014) U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) hosted a hearing in Champaign, Ill., yesterday with Surface Transportation Board Chairman Dan Elliott to discuss ways to address Amtrak service delays on Illinois routes. Full story:...
August 11, 2014 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, August 10, 2014) OTTAWA — The Canadian government will require the country’s two big railways to ship more than the current minimum of 1 million tonnes of crops a week through the autumn harvest period as it tries to prevent a repeat of last...
August 1, 2014 | CN, Headlines, STB
(Source: Press release from the office of Senator Dick Durbin, July 31, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With both Amtrak delays and blocked rail crossings reaching record levels on Canadian National’s (CN) rail lines, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) invited Surface...
