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JASPER, Alberta — Canadian National plans to move operations from Jasper 60 miles east to Hinton, Canada’s Global News reports. A wildfire burned through Jasper in July 2024, burning about one-third of the city and displacing thousands of residents. Caught in the fire was CN’s crew bunkhouse, which the railroad has since rebuilt. […]
CN DC to AC Canadian National is receiving its next DC-to-AC rebuilds this summer. The first conversions already on CN’s roster are 50 former Canadian National C44-9Ws converted to AC-traction AC44C6Ms by Wabtec in its Ft. Worth, Texas, facility in 2022 and 2023. The latest group of rebuilds on order include additional AC44C6Ms and EMD […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National today (Tuesday, July 23) lowered its financial outlook for the year as volume growth slowed during the second quarter, due to slumping lumber traffic and the impact of shippers diverting international intermodal containers to U.S. ports in anticipation of a potential rail strike in Canada. CN’s second-quarter operating income declined 3%, […]
DC-to-AC rebuild During the middle of May, Canadian National tested its first modified DC-to-AC rebuild on an ore train in northern Minnesota. This is the first step to replacing a fleet of older General Electric locomotives that were built over three decades ago and currently handle the majority of the region’s ore. Canadian National’s Minnesota […]
DULUTH, Minn. — It was a scene right out of the early 1950s: a Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range steam locomotive pulling a string of ore cars and a caboose on the line between Two Harbors, Minn., and Duluth. But the date wasn’t 1952, but May 12, 2024, as the Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s DM&IR […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway will relocate its headquarters to a new location in Montreal beginning in 2028, the company and real estate developer Kevric announced Thursday. CN will move to Kevric’s 600 DLG project, located at 600 De La Gauchetière Street West in downtown Montreal, and will cover the first 18 floors of the […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National’s revenue and profits declined in the first quarter as freight volume was flat and costs rose. “Q1 was a solid quarter. It played out as we expected and it set us up well for the growth that we see ahead of us,” CEO Tracy Robinson told investors and analysts on the […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National last week improved its contract offer to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents engineers and conductors in Canada. The railway said it offered the union better wages, more job security, and guaranteed earnings during talks held April 10-12. Both CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City have proposed abolishing the traditional […]
Canadian National’s roster Among the half dozen Class I railroads in North America, one stands out among them in terms of locomotive variety, Canadian National. The contrast of motive power on its roster is unique, with many models only found on CN. There is over six decades’ difference between the oldest and newest models on […]
In the years after World War II, Lionel strengthened its presence in Canada by working closely with the heads of its sales office in Toronto. Roy Clarke and his son, William, represented the toy train giant and made sure Lionel had a significant presence in department stores and retail chains across Canada. Evidence of Lionel’s […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway will acquire Iowa Northern Railway, which operates approximately 253 route-miles and 275 track-miles, primarily between Cedar Rapids and Manly, Iowa, CN announced today. Iowa Northern was founded in 1984 on a portion of the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. The Class III short line serves 19 counties in […]
MONTICELLO, Ill. — Canadian National Railway has donated a former Illinois Central E9 to the Monticello Railway Museum in central Illinois. The locomotive arrived at the museum via Norfolk Southern earlier this month. The unit wears a variation of CN’s classic 1950s green-and-black paint scheme — most notably with the CN “noodle” logo in place […]
