Interim CN chief stays bullish and invests in equipment and staff, but is it enough?

By Ian Putzger in Toronto, The Loadstar; March 22, 2018 Is Canadian National (CN) rolling out of its winter of…

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Canada: There’s a way to relieve farmers of the railroad backlog, but Ottawa’s ignoring it

By Mary-Jane Bennett, Special to Financial Post; March 20, 2018 Angry farm groups, apologetic railway executives and shippers looking for…

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Surface Transportation Board wants Class I service updates

By Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; March 21, 2018 Complaints by grain shippers and automakers have spurred 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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Canada: VIA Rail Is Proof We Can’t Delay Nationwide High-Speed Rail Any Longer

By Robert Waite, Managing Director, Waite + Co., Huffington Post; March 15, 2018 Canada celebrates its railway heritage. Gordon Lightfoot’s…

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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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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: 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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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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Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau urges railways to ‘redouble’ efforts as new transport bill works through committee

By Alex MacPherson, Saskatoon StarPhoenix; February 27, 2018 Darin Egert and his brother Curtis planned to haul 10,000 bushels of…

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Canada: Winter weather creating specific challenges for railway operations

By Kerry McAthey, Radio Anchor/Reporter, Global News; February 18, 2018 Just days after a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed in…

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Rail Crunch Leaves Oil, Wheat Stranded on Canada’s Prairies

By Jen Skerritt and Robert Tuttle, Bloomberg; February 15, 2018 A shortage of rail cars in Canada is leaving grain…

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The Daily CSX – Tony Hatch on CSX: Looking back on Q4 2017 and forward to March 1

By Tony Hatch, Progressive Railroading Magazine; February 2018 If you listened to CSX Corp.’s Jan. 16 earnings call, it might…

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The Daily CSX – CSX: A mighty fine line, but …

By Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 5, 2018 CSX is a mighty fine line, with an…

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VIA Rail Canada says train stopped in Gogama, Ontario

From CBC News Sudbury; January 16, 2018 Via Rail is confirming that a passenger train has been stopped in Gogama,…

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Canadian National to Purchase 200 New Locomotives from GE Transportation over the Next Three Years

A press release from Canadian National Railway; December 22, 2017: MONTREAL & CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today announced…

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Alberta: ‘Multiple breaks’ and ‘worn’ rails to blame for derailment of train carrying crude oil north of Edmonton

By Phil Heidenreich, Online Journalist, Global News; November 25, 2017 One month after a train carrying crude oil derailed in…

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Winds tip over Canadian National rail cars in Central Alberta

By Staff, Red Deer Advocate; October 18, 2017 Winds gusted more than 100 kilometres an hour across Alberta, causing two…

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