CP Rail pays CEO Creel $20 million, including $10 million in options

By The Canadian Press; Financial Post; March 16, 2018 CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it paid CEO Keith…

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The Daily CSX – Editorial: A year into change, CSX must make sure It’s on right track

An Editorial From The Jacksonville Business Journal; March 17, 2018 By one metric, CSX Corp. is doing well: Despite the…

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Canadian railways feel the heat from U.S. grain companies

By Eric Atkins, The Globe And Mail; March 15, 2018 A coalition of U.S. grain companies has complained to the…

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After Week on Job, CN Rail CEO Tells Wall Street He’s in a Hurry

By Frederic Tomesco, Bloomberg, March 14, 2018 Canadian National Railway Co.’s new boss is speeding up spending plans for new…

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The Daily CSX: Since last summer, 50 CSX rail cars still stopped in heart of downtown Dunkirk, New York

By Matt Soergel, The Florida Times-Union; March 15, 2018 About eight months ago, some 50 CSX rail cars pulled into…

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Kuwait adopts PPP structure for national railway project

By Keith Barrow, International Railway Journal; March 13, 2018 IRJ at Middle East Rail, Dubai: Kuwait’s Public Authority for Roads…

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Canadian National Rail beginning to recover in March from weak start to year, says interim CEO

By The Canadian Press, Calgary Herald; March 14, 2018 NEW YORK — The interim CEO of Canadian National Railway Co.…

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New York stops sewage trains to Alabama landfill

By Dennis Pillion, AL.com; March 12, 2018 New York City has decided to halt an operation that sent train loads…

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END OF THE LINE? California State Senator Mike McGuire Drafting Legislation to Dissolve North Coast Railroad Authority, Form ‘Great Redwood Trail Agency’ to Manage Humboldt, Mendocino Assets

By Hank Sims, Lost Coast Outpost; March 12, 2018 State Senator Mike McGuire’s office is drafting legislation that would completely…

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Manitoba Opinion – Wrong side of the tracks: Moving the CP rail yards could bring Winnipeg together, Charles Huband writes

By Charles Huband, for CBC News; March 11, 2018 The Canadian Pacific Railway marshalling yards in Winnipeg are huge — over…

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The Daily CSX: Train derails near Sherwood, Tennessee

By Brian Justice, Editor, Herald Chronicle; March 9, 2018 A locomotive pulling 12 train cars derailed Wednesday evening at the…

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Canadian Pacific continues to deliver for North American economy, network improving daily after extreme winter conditions

A press release from Canadian Pacific Railway: WEBWIRE – Thursday, March 8, 2018 Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP) (NYSE:…

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Sewage sludge train cars in Birmingham, Alabama to be moved after ‘death smell’ complaints

By Dennis Pillion, AL.com; March 6, 2018 Several dozen train cars loaded with what appears to be sewage sludge from…

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CN apologizes, promises immediate action to clear backlog of grain shipments

By The Canadian Press, The Globe And Mail; March 7, 2018 Canadian National is apologizing for failing to keep grain…

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The Daily CSX: ‘Extreme wind gusts’ led to freight train derailment in Maryland

By The Associated Press, Tri-City Herald; March 6, 2018 PERRYVILLE, Md. – CSX is attributing “extreme wind gusts” to the…

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Florida: JAXPORT’s heavy-lift berth used to move locomotives for overseas shipping

A press release from JAXPORT; March 5, 2018: JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Highly trained master riggers moved two locomotives each weighing more…

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The Daily CSX: North Carolina’s Edgecombe County weighs loss of CSX rail hub at Rocky Mount

By Corey Davis, Staff Writer, Rocky Mount Telegram; March 4, 2018 A big reason for the excitement of CSX building…

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The Daily CSX: Takeaways from the March 1 investor conference — Rail Insider analysis by Tony Hatch

By Tony Hatch, Progressive Railroading Magazine; March 2018 CSX execs accomplished the most important thing they set out to do…

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CN Rail CEO Steps Down After Less Than Two Years

By Frederic Tomesco, Bloomberg Business News; March 5, 2018 Overwhelmed by a surge in freight, Canadian National Railway Co. said…

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The Daily CSX: CSX train derailed, four cars fell into Susquehanna River in Maryland amid wind storm

By Jessica Anderson and Sean Welsh, The Baltimore Sun; March 3, 2018 A CSX train derailed on a bridge over…

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Canada: CN donates $500,000 to University of Alberta’s Canadian Rail Research Laboratory to advance efficiency, safety studies

A press release from Canadian National Railway: EDMONTON, Alberta, March 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CN (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) and the…

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BNSF Plans to Add 3rd Set of Tracks on Part of Main Line

By The Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report; March 2, 2018 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — BNSF Railway’s capital expenditure…

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