Canada: CP Rail seeks ‘skin in the game’ from shippers to increase bitumen transport

By The Canadian Press, CBC News Calgary; January 26, 2018 Canadian Pacific Railway is asking crude-by-rail shippers to sign multi-year,…

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Quebec: The night the Swiss Cheese holes lined up

Opinion by Art Miller, Railway Age Magazine; January 26, 2018 After nearly three months of emotional courtroom proceedings and nine…

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Working on the railroad: Montana Rail Link workforce expands as train traffic rises

By KIM BRIGGEMAN, Missoulian; January 26, 2018 Montana Rail Link will hire 90 new track laborers and switchmen in what’s…

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Iowa Pacific in New York State: Adirondack Park Agency urged to intervene to end rail-car storage

  By DENISE RAYMO and SUZANNE MOORE, Press-Republican; January 25, 2018 MINERVA — With tons of ice pushed onto the…

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Longest naval gun barrel rolling home by rail to battleship New Jersey museum in Camden, New Jersey

By Carol Comegno, Courier Post; January 26, 2018 CAMDEN – Mighty World War II naval gun barrels that once fired…

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The Daily CSX: Union Pacific Names Cindy Sanborn Regional Vice President

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad: Omaha, Neb., January 26, 2018 Union Pacific today named Cindy Sanborn regional vice…

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Union Pacific Begins Brazos Yard Construction in Texas, the Largest Facility Capital Investment in Company History

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad: Spring, Texas, January 25, 2018 Union Pacific Railroad began construction this month on…

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Congestion issues delay but won’t derail CN, analysts say

By Jonathan Ratner, Calgary Herald; January 24, 2018 Investors appear to have largely shrugged off Canadian National Railway Co.’s weak…

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The Daily CSX: CSX, STB and “confusion to the enemy”

By Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; January 25, 2018 At CSX over the past 12 months, there…

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The Daily CSX: CSX to retain former B&O main over Sand Patch

By WCBC Radio 1270 AM; January 24, 2018 CSX Transportation is no longer considering the former Baltimore & Ohio main…

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The Daily CSX: CSX considers sale of former Boston & Albany line

By Eric Anderson, The Albany Times-Union; January 24, 2018 CSX Transportation is considering the sale of as much as 8,000…

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Exclusive: Activist investor William Ackman who won a fight to bring the late Hunter Harrison to Canadian Pacific cuts staff, shuns limelight as he seeks to turn around fund

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Reuters; January 22, 2018 BOSTON (Reuters) – William Ackman is cutting almost a fifth of staff and…

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The Daily CSX: Why Hunter Harrison’s Railroad Revolution Will Outlive Him at CSX

By Shawn Tully, Fortune Magazine; January 20, 2018 Hunter Harrison reigned at CSX for only eight months before he died,…

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The Daily CSX: CSX’s $1.6B 2018 capital plan reflects 22% decrease over 2017

Written by  Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; January 18, 2018 CSX plans a 2018 capital program of $1.6 billion as…

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Quebec: Three former rail workers found not guilty in Lac-Mégantic disaster trial

By Justin Giovannetti, The Globe And Mail; January 19, 2018 Four-and-a-half years after a runaway train exploded and killed 47…

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Canadian Pacific Railway sees best-ever Q4

By Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; January 19, 2018 Canadian Pacific Railway had its best-ever fourth quarter, with…

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Norfolk Southern pushing for ‘more stable’ rail service in 2018: CEO

By Eric M. Johnson, Reuters; January 18, 2018 LOMBARD, Ill. (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern Corp is working toward a “more…

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The Daily CSX: Network trims will improve service

By William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, JOC.com; January 17, 2018 Shippers wondering whether James Foote would change or reverse cuts…

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The Daily CSX: Analyst stands by CSX stock for long-term returns

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; January 17, 2018 Edward Jones analyst Dan Sherman remained positive about CSX Corp.…

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