February 23, 2012 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Calgary Herald, February 22, 2012) CALGARY, Alberta — Bill Ackman has enlisted an Alberta businessman in his bid to oust Canadian Pacific’s CEO, adding Paul Haggis to a proposed slate of directors in the latest manoeuvre between the railway and its largest...
February 21, 2012 | CN, Headlines
(Source: CN press release, February 17, 2012) MONTREAL — CN announced today plans to invest C$1.75 billion in 2012 to maintain and upgrade its railway network, support growth and productivity initiatives, and continue to provide customers with a high level of service....
February 17, 2012 | CN, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Chicago Tribune, February 14, 2012) CHICAGO — Canadian National Railway knew for an hour about a washout along tracks near Rockford but failed to notify a freight train crew in time to prevent a deadly derailment in 2009, the National Transportation Safety...
February 17, 2012 | CN, Headlines
(Source: CN press release, February 16, 2012) OTTAWA, Feb. 16, 2012 — Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN, says Canadian business and governments must take bold steps to develop world-class enterprises that will drive the nation’s...
February 17, 2012 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Full story: Globe and Mail, February 16, 2012) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co. is positioning itself to become a major transporter of potash and coal by increasingly pushing onto the turf of embattled Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Full story: Globe and...
February 17, 2012 | CN, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Providence Journal, February 17, 2012) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. and New England Central Railroad have agreed to form an alliance to try to increase business with several Canadian haulers who carry freight to New England. The...
February 15, 2012 | CN, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 14, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today determined that the washout of a track structure and the failure to notify an oncoming train of the washout in...
February 13, 2012 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Toronto Star, February 13, 2012) TORONTO — CN Railway is moving to permanently pull nearly $40 million in pensions and other payments owed to former chief executive Hunter Harrison because he is now openly courting the top job at rival CP Rail. Full story:...
February 13, 2012 | Amtrak, CN, Headlines
(Source: Chicago Tribune, February 13, 2012) CHICAGO — It’s almost a perfect record, but one of delay and passenger despair: 99 percent of Amtrak’s Chicago-to-New Orleans trains grind to a halt because of freight traffic under the control of the Canadian...
February 10, 2012 | CN, Headlines
(Source: CN press release, February 9, 2012) MONTREAL — CN announced today that members of the United Steelworkers (USW) have ratified a new collective agreement covering approximately 2,800 maintenance-of-way employees in Canada. The three-year contract, retroactive...
