MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – Canadian National’s “very ambitious capital program” for 2019 include up to 105 miles of new double track, said Jim McLeod, the railroad’s chief engineer for structures, design, and construction, in a Tuesday presentation at the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association Conference. Up to 75 miles of the new double track […]
Jim Vena, Union Pacific chief operating officer Canadian National OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has named former Canadian National executive Jim Vena as its chief operating officer, effectively putting a protege of E. Hunter Harrison in charge of its transition to Precision Scheduled Railroading. Vena, 60, served as CN’s chief operating officer from February 2013 […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Canada’s two Class I railroads are dealing with derailments in tight places on Thursday. Canadian National was first at about 9 a.m. Central time Thursday when locals reported hearing a derailment in Manitoba. Railroad crews soon reported to an “incident” that involved two trains east of Portage la Prairie, Man. A CN […]
A northbound Canadian National stack train passes through Waukesha, Wis., in May 2018. CN announced on Dec. 20 that it has met the Dec. 31 deadline for installation of PTC equipment. TRAINS: David Lassen HOMEWOOD, Ill. — Canadian National has met installation requirements for positive train control equipment and applied for a two-year extension to […]
TORONTO — Canadian National has completed its $400 million in capacity projects in Western Canada. As a result, CN’s key operating metrics are improving and costs are being reduced as trains move faster and cars spend less time in yards, Chief Financial Officer Ghislain Houle told an investor conference on Tuesday. CN has returned two […]
Canadian National power leads a westbound empty oil unit train through River Forest, Ill., on the Union Pacific on Aug. 25, 2018. CN is seeing increased crude-by-rail business. TRAINS: David Lassen TORONTO — Shipments of Canadian crude oil to the U.S. — already moving at record levels — are likely to increase further in the […]
CHICAGO – Canadian National plans to bring back its employee-center Santa Train for the 2018 with a broader reach. The railroad made the announcement with a Facebook post on Thursday: “CN is delighted to announce it is expanding a decades-old tradition with a 2018 Santa Train that will provide more employees, their families and friends […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Winnipeg, Manitoba-based The TransX Group of Companies, one of Canada’s largest and oldest transportation companies, focused on truck transportation. “This strategic acquisition allows CN to deepen its supply chain focus, strengthening our exceptional franchise, including our intermodal business, notably the specialized, fast-growing […]
Canadian National MONTREAL — The completion of double-tracking projects on Canadian National between Edmonton, Alberta, and Winnipeg, Manitoba, helped the railroad handle record traffic levels on its key corridor this month. CN has now placed in service 22 of its 27 capacity-expansion projects on its main line linking western Canada with Chicago. CN has been […]
Canadian National’s coal traffic. Canadian National DANA POINT, Calif. — Canadian National coal traffic, already up sharply this year, will continue to grow this fall and winter as export coal production ramps up at mines in Western Canada. “Coal is a huge opportunity for us,” Paul Butcher, CN’s vice president of investor relations, told an […]
A Canadian National train crosses Echo Lake in Burlington, Wis., in May 2018. CN’s CEO says the railroad should pursue other technological opportunities before working on autonomous train operation. TRAINS: David Lassen BOSTON – Canadian National CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest says there’s a whole lot of low-hanging technology fruit that his railroad can pick before moving toward […]
A GE-built Tier 4 emission compliant locomotive for Canadian National rests outside the GE Transportation factory near Fort Worth, Texas, in 2017. GE Transportation CHICAGO — GE Transportation announced today that Canadian National has ordered 60 more locomotives, adding to an order of 200 placed in December 2017. The units will be built at GE […]
