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Police seek train tampering suspects
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Police seek train tampering suspectsMINOT, N.D. - Minot Police say whoever tampered with the controls of two parked Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives and moved them onto the main tracks last month also may be responsible for other recent vandalism, the Associated Press reports. Police are se...
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Saskatoon loses 'joint-line' yard
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CP, CN agree to vacate downtown Saskatoon yard Canadian Pacific and Canadian National have reached an agreement in principle to move railcar switching out of downtown Saskatoon, Sask. The move, which would still see trains running through the city, could finally make it possible for the city to ex...
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Rail cars can hydro-plane??? CN incident in Illinois.
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Tank cars blow up in Illinois derailment, 1 killed ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) Tank cars loaded with thousands of gallons of highly flammable ethanol exploded in flames as a freight train derailed, killing one person and forcing evacuations of hundreds of nearby homes. Five tank cars continued burning S...
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EJ&E/CN news
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CN, Warrenville, Ill., reach mitigation agreement CN has reached a voluntary mitigation agreement with the City of Warrenville, Ill., located approximately 30 miles west of Chicago, addressing the municipality's environmental issues with CN's acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Ra...
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CN asks conciliator in engineer dispute
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CN asks conciliator in engineer disputeTORONTO, Ont. - Canadian National Railway Co. has asked federal Labour Minister Rona Ambrose to appoint a conciliator to help reach a collective agreement with 1,700 locomotive engineers, the Globe and Mail reports. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference'...
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Angry residents grill rail officials
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Angry residents grill rail officialsOSHAWA, Ont. - Andrew Brown has a prosthetic leg that makes it tough for him to walk long distances, according to Oshawa This Week. Bill Deschamps has a heart condition and asthma, both of which are aggravated by physical activity. When a Canadian Pacific train d...
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Teamsters Canada join railway "SOS" to Save Ontario Short-Lines
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Teamsters Canada join railway "SOS" to Save Ontario Short-Lines (Teamsters Canada Rail Conference issued the following on June 17, 2009.) OTTAWA the wake of rising train derailments like the recent ones in Oshawa that forced families from their homes and in the Ottawa Valley that dump...
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Miss. legislators oppose sale of CN rail lines
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Miss. legislators oppose sale of CN rail lines (The following story by Vershal Hogan appeared on The Natchez Democrat website on June 5, 2009.) NATCHEZ, Miss. Local legislators voted along with the rest of the Mississippi House to oppose the approval of the sale of rail lines in Mississippi, includ...
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CN blamed in UTU worker deaths
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CN blamed in UTU worker deaths VANCOUVER, B.C. - The federal Transportation Safety Board is blaming a 2006 derailment that killed two workers and seriously injured a third on a decision by Canadian National to replace a braking system without a formal risk assessment, the Toronto Globe and Mail rep...
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CP Railway increases note offer
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CP Railway increases note offerCanadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said Thursday (May 28) it will increase to $475 million the amount of its debt it is offering to buy back from bond holders, according to the Associated Press. Earlier this month, the Calgary, Alberta-based railway said it would buy back...
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Shit....layoff some more employees
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CN will pay $1.4 million fine for spill (The following story by Kerry Diotte appeared on the Edmonton Sun website on May 26, 2009.) EDMONTON It's the end of the line for court actions in the wake of an August 2005 train derailment that dumped nearly 800,000 litres of oil and a chemical into Lake Wabamun....
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Train Slams Into Minivan; Family Narrowly Escapes
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Train Slams Into Minivan; Family Narrowly EscapesBoy Trapped Inside Unharmed In CollisionMILWAUKEE (CBS) A collision between a train and a van sent several people to the hospital and canceled the Memorial Day parade in Elm Grove, Wisconsin Monday. Witnesses say two vehicles caught up in Memoria...
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Train kills massive grizzly near Banff
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Train kills massive grizzly near BanffCALGARY, Alta. - An extremely large 272-kilogram (495 pound) male grizzly bear was struck and killed by a train in Banff National Park early Thursday morning, according to the Calgary Herald. The eighth grizzly bear to die after roaming onto Canadian Pacific...
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CN "shortlines" three line segments
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CN "shortlines" three line segmentsCN has landed agreements to sell three Mississippi line segments to Grenada Railway and Natchez Railway, both non-carrier affiliates of A&K Railroad Materials and V&S Railway, which operates short lines in Kansas and Colorado, reports p...
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Ha Ha Suckers!
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CN hopes to reduce street blockages in Chicago (Dow Jones Newsires circulated the following story by Monica Gutschi on April 14, 2009.) TORONTO Canadian National Railway Co. (CNI) says it is unhappy about the frequency with which its trains are blocking street crossings in Chicago and plans ways t...
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Engineer avoids disaster after vandals tamper with CP Rail locomotive
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Engineer avoids disaster after vandals tamper with CP Rail locomotive (The following appeared on the KFYR television website on May 5, 2009.) BISMARCK, N.D. The Minot Police Department is looking for any information regarding the tampering with Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives. Early Sun...
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CP Rail eyes partnership with KCS
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CP Rail eyes partnership with KCSCanadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is discussing a new partnership with Kansas City Southern Railway Co. aimed at granting the railways access to each other's lines, according to the Financial Times. Management teams from both railways are set to discuss the possibil...
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GE Transportation delivers RCL systems to CN
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GE Transportation delivers RCL systems to CNGE Transportation, a technological supplier to the railroad, marine, drilling, mining and wind industries business unit of the General Electric Company, announced April 29 that the company has delivered and equipped six LOCOTROL remote control loc...
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Opinion: Hunter Harrison a hard act to following, but successor well qualified
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Opinion: Hunter Harrison a hard act to following, but successor well qualified (The following column by David Olive appeared on the Toronto Star website on April 26, 2009.) TORONTO Hunter Harrison's retirement on Jan. 1, 2010 as CEO of North America's most successful railway became official at la...
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CN’s Rail Safety Week starts today
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CNs Rail Safety Week starts today (CN issued the following on April 27, 2009.) HOMEWOOD, Ill. CN marked the launch of Rail Safety Week, from April 27 to May 3, 2009, by announcing intensive efforts to prevent trespassing and railroad crossing accidents with the ultimate goal of reducing them to zero...
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CN Rail sees early signs of recovery
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CN Rail sees early signs of recoveryCanadian National Railway Co. says it's beginning to see early signs of recovery after months of dramatically declining volumes, the National Post reports. In particular, grain and coal shipments from the U. S. Midwest are starting to come back online, which th...
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Step Rate CEO
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New CN chief a 'railroader in training'TORONTO and CALGARY -- Claude Mongeau isn't afraid to get his hands dirty to find out how the trains are running at Canadian National Railway Co., according to the Toronto Globe and Mail. After nearly a decade as chief financial officer, Mr. Mongeau will take th...
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Oh No!.....say it ain't so
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CN Rail names Mongeau as Harrison's successorCN Rail has named Claude Mongeau to succeed Hunter Harrison as president and chief executive officer, the Financial Post reported. Mr. Mongeau, currently chief financial officer, takes over from Mr. Harrison effective Jan. 1, 2010. David McLean, ch...
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CN holds own despite lower traffic volumes
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CN holds own despite lower traffic volumesTORONTO - Canadian National Railway Co., often seen as an economic bellwether, says the signals are unclear on whether market conditions are improving, refraining to declare a bottom to the downturn, according to the Toronto Globe and Mail. CN executive...
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More job cuts at CP
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CP Rail employees bracing for more job cuts (Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following story by Monica Gutschi on April 17, 2009.) TORONTO Employees at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) are bracing for another round of job losses as the Calgary-based rail scrambles to slash costs in line with t...
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