A Canadian National train passes through Blue Island, Ill., on Sept. 16, 2019. CN will lay off management and union employees in both the U.S. and Canada, the railroad confirmed Friday. TRAINS: David Lassen MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway will cut management and union jobs, a move that could affect as many as 1,600 employees […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Canadian National is more focused on growing with its customers than railroads that are currently implementing Precision Scheduled Railroading, a shipper noted at an investor conference this week. How did CN transition from an emphasis on profit margins, he asked, to one of growth? “We are, as you say, the pioneers of […]
A broken flange on this wheel caused a 2018 derailment of a Canadian National train in Manitoba. Transportation Safety Board of Canada OTTAWA — A 2018 derailment of a train near the Manitoba-Ontario border was caused by a cracked wheel with a previously detected fault which did not meet U.S. safety guidelines, but did not […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Canadian National continues to cut costs in the face of rapidly weakening freight demand across virtually all types of traffic. On a revenue ton mile basis, CN’s volume has slumped 12% to 13% over the past two weeks amid a traffic downturn that is affecting the entire rail industry, Janet Drysdale, vice […]
Canadian National has donated this SW1500 to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay. The railroad gave the locomotive a full overhaul prior to the donation; the museum then repainted it into its current scheme. National Railroad Museum GREEN BAY, Wis. — Canadian National has donated an SW1500 locomotive to the National Railroad Museum in […]
Canadian National is sponsoring a move of a historic Canadian tank from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. Canadian National, via LinkedIn DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia — Canadian National is sponsoring transportation of a historic military tank across Canada a process that began Wednesday with loading of the tank onto a railcar at the CN yard in […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway faces a strike from members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference in mid-November following the end of a legally mandated conciliation period, the union president said Monday. The strike could come as early as Nov. 19, said Lyndon Isaak. The union represents 3,000 CN conductors, crew, and yard personnel; 99.2% […]
A CN unit oil train travels Wisconsin’s Byron Hill in July 2019. CN has lowered its earning estimate and is reducing its locomotive fleet as it moves less industrial traffic, including energy shipments. MONTREAL — Canadian National’s revenue and profits grew in the third quarter but the railway on Tuesday lowered its outlook for the […]
This button was created by a group opposing a Canadian National plan to double track a portion of the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Richard Wronski HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — A suburb northwest of Chicago has gone on record opposing Canadian National’s plan to double track a portion of the former […]
WASHINGTON — Canadian National says its proposed acquisition of CSX Transportation’s line linking Montreal with Syracuse, N.Y., will improve service for cross-border traffic. CN, last week, sought U.S. Surface Transportation Board approval of the transaction involving the sale of 236.3 miles of track in New York state. CN also proposed a schedule for review of […]
A Canadian National train with Illinois Central-painted locomotives departs Chicago’s Markham Yard in 2017. TEH-17089-16 Jacob Metzger Q: When I was in the second grade, we took a field trip to what was then the largest freight yard in the country. That was over 50 years ago, when I lived in a Chicago suburb. I […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National and Canadian Pacific see signs that the economy is slowing but are sticking to their financial targets for this year as their traffic growth moderates. Canadian rail traffic has been much stronger than U.S. volume this year, but growth is weakening and crude oil traffic, while up, did not materialize as […]
