CHICAGO — Canadian National has won federal regulatory approval to double track more than four miles of its former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern route near Elgin, Ill., a project the railroad says will eliminate a chokepoint and improve the flow of rail traffic in and around Chicago. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a […]
Rail preservation and museum news in brief: Work begins on CN 6060 Work has begun to restore Canadian National No. 6060, the semi-streamlined 4-8-2 which had a heralded excursion career beginning in 1972 but has been inactive since 2011 and stored in Stetler, Alberta. The Rocky Mountain Rail Society is working to restore the locomotive, […]
WASHINGTON — Canadian National has defended its request for the Surface Transportation Board to wade into its long-running dispute with Canadian Pacific regarding where the railways interchange in Chicago. Both railroads continue to exchange cars at the Belt Railway of Chicago’s Clearing Yard, as they have under an August 2019 interim agreement that shifted the […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National will be ready to take advantage of economic changes that have been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, CEO JJ Ruest told an investor conference today. Ruest paraphrased hockey great Wayne Gretzky, saying that CN wants to head where the puck will be rather than where the puck is today. And that […]
More Friday morning rail news: CN employee killed by ‘kicked’ car, railroad says The Canadian National conductor killed at the railroad’s Surrey, British Columbia, yard earlier this week was hit by a car the conductor’s train had “kicked” a few minutes earlier, according to a CN “safety flash” issued to employees. In the June 1 […]
Tuesday morning Canadian rail news in brief: CN again sets grain record Canadian National announced it had set a record for May grain movement in Canada, the third consecutive month it had set a new mark. The railroad moved 2.52 million metric tons of Western Canada grain and 2.6 million metric tons overall, surpassing records […]
WASHINGTON — The long-simmering Chicago interchange dispute between Canadian National and Canadian Pacific is bubbling over again. Both railroads continue to exchange cars at the Belt Railway of Chicago’s Clearing Yard, as they have under an August 2019 interim agreement that shifted the interchange location from Spaulding in Bartlett, Ill. But CN in April told […]
Canadian National’s already-approved purchase of CSX’s Massena Line may be in jeopardy. Canadian National WASHINGTON — Canadian National’s proposed acquisition of CSX Transportation’s Massena Line linking Montreal with Syracuse, N.Y., may fall through, the railroads told federal regulators this week. The Surface Transportation Board had previously approved CN’s acquisition of the line [see “Regulators approve […]
More Friday rail news in brief: CN to offer Halifax-Moncton intermodal service Canadian National has announced a new short-haul intermodal service designed to decrease truck traffic in the Halifax, Nova Scotia, area. In conjunction with the Halifax Port Authority, ocean carriers, and customers, the railroad will add service between its Moncton, N.B., intermodal ramp and […]
Thursday afternoon rail news in brief: — Fiona Murray of Canadian National has been named as board chairperson for the Railway Association of Canada, becoming the first female to hold that position in the organization’s 103-year history. Murray, vice-president of public and government affairs at CN, joined the railroad in 1992. “As a career railroader, […]
A Canadian National presentation shows planned improvements for the Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Canadian National MONTREAL — As the pandemic takes its toll on rail traffic, Canadian National continues to cut costs, partly by reducing train starts and running trains at record lengths and weights. But CN also is keeping an eye on […]
Workers from Amtrak’s Chicago Commissary deliver food to the King Majesty Ministries food bank, part of a nationwide effort by Amtrak to donate surplus food. King Majesty Ministries, via Amtrak More Tuesday afternoon rail news: — Amtrak is making donations to food banks across the U.S., offering help to those in need during the COVID-19 […]
