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CN reaches mitigation deal
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CN reaches mitigation dealCN has announced it reached a voluntary mitigation agreement concerning the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (EJ&E) integration with the village of Long Grove, Ill. The Class I now has hammered out agreements with 23 of the 33 communities along EJ&E lines in...
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TCRC: CN is provoking its workers to launch a strike
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TCRC: CN is provoking its workers to launch a strike (Teamsters Canada Rail Conference issued the following on August 29, 2010.) OTTAWA After only a few days of bargaining, it seems that the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) is bent on provoking its workers to launch a strike, regardless of the...
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CP to cut divisions, workers
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CP to cut divisions, workersCanadian Pacific intends to reorganize operations by reducing the number of its operating divisions, lengthening trains and reducing its employee count. The railroad said the reorganization is aimed at boosting efficiency and customer service. The changes will be...
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CN employees get class action status in overtime dispute
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CN employees get class action status in overtime dispute (The following appeared on the Toronto Sun website on August 17, 2010.) TORONTO An Ontario judge has granted a group of Canadian National Railway Co. employees class action status in a dispute for unpaid overtime. Ontario Superior Court Jus...
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CN announces plan to buy back shares through private agreements
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CN announces plan to buy back shares through private agreements (CN issued the following on July 30, 2010.) MONTREAL CN announced today that it intends to purchase for cancellation up to two million of its common shares pursuant to private agreements between CN and an arms-length third-party sell...
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CN accepts responsibility for reserve fire
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CN accepts responsibility for reserve fireOfficials with CN Rail have taken responsibility for a large grassfire that lit up the Tkemlups Indian Reserve and have agreed to pay overtime costs for the firefighters who battled the blaze, the Kamloops Daily News reports. Railway spokeswoman Kelli S...
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CN, terminal sign service agreement
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CN, terminal sign service agreementVANCOUVER, B.C. -- CN and TSI Terminal Systems Inc. have signed a comprehensive service level agreement (SLA), which establishes specific performance targets at Port Metro Vancouver, the companies said in a press release. The agreement stems from a Supply Ch...
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Canadian Pacific rolling in Canuck Bucks!
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CP's second-quarter profit jumps 97% Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Canadian Pacific second-quarter net increased 97% to C$166.6 million (US$161 million) compared with the second quarter of 2009. Diluted earnings per share were 98 Canadian cents, up 23% from C$0.80 in the 2009 period. Analysts had ex...
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Unique conductor training in Canada
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Unique conductor training in CanadaProspective aboriginal railway conductors will have their tuition and living expenses covered by the federal government at training programs in Winnipeg, Thunder Bay and Vancouver, the Winnipeg, Man., Free Press reports. The program was announced Sunday b...
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Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team said Wednesday. Marc-Andre Bernier, head of underwater archaeology for Parks...
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CAW members approve new Via Rail contract
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CAW members approve new Via Rail contract (Reuters circulated the following on July 21, 2010.) OTTAWA The Canadian Auto Workers union said Wednesday that its members voted 88 percent in favor of a new, three-year contract with Via Rail. The two sides reached a tentative agreement late last month af...
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CP in deal with IBEW
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CP in deal with IBEWCanadian Pacific and the Canadian Signals and Communications System Council No. 11 of the I.B.E.W (IBEW), representing about 400 employees who maintain railway signal systems, July 22 announced they have reached a tentative three-year collective agreement, according to a C...
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CN contributes $325,000 to Illinois university's rail engineering program
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CN contributes $325,000 to Illinois university's rail engineering program (The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 22, 2010.) CN recently donated $325,000 to the University of Illinois railroad engineering program. Since 2002, the Class I has donated more than $...
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CN reports net income of C$534 million, up 38 per cent from 2009 results
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CN reports net income of C$534 million, up 38 per cent from 2009 results (CN issued the following on July 22, 2010.) MONTREAL CN today reported its financial and operating results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2010. Second-quarter 2010 highlights Net income and diluted earnin...
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CN under fire for using CP managers on track rerouting
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CN under fire for using CP managers on track rerouting (The following story by David Finlayson appeared on the Edmonton Journal website on June 29, 2010.) EDMONTON CN says there is no safety issue with CP management acting as pilots on trains rerouted to CN tracks between Edmonton and Biggar, Sask. T...
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Canadian National spent $450K on 1Q lobbying
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Canadian National spent $450K on 1Q lobbying (The Associated Press circulated the following on June 28, 2010.) NEW YORK Canadian National Railway Co., one of North America's largest railroads, spent $450,000 lobbying the U.S. government in the first quarter, according to a disclosure report. T...
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Crew revives man hit by train
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Crew revives man hit by trainVANCOUVER -- A 48-year-old man hit by a train Friday near Lytton was saved from death by the train's engineer and conductor, the Vancouver Sun reports. The train crew used CPR after the man stopped breathing minutes after being hit by the southbound train at 2:18 a.m. The m...
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Strike by CAW averted at Via Rail
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Strike by CAW averted at Via Rail (The following story by Jeff Bolichowsk appeared on The Windsor Star website on June 28, 2010.) WINDSOR A possible train strike was averted late Saturday night as Via Rail and the CAW reached a tentative agreement. Bob Chernecki, who is in charge of the negotiations,...
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Court backs CP's purchase of DM&E
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Court backs CP's purchase of DM&ECanadian Pacific Railway Ltd.s acquisition of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. in 2008 was upheld by an appeals court, which rejected challenges by the Sierra Club and Chicagos commuter rail agency, Bloomberg News reports. The U.S. Court o...
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CN looks to speed flow of goods
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CN looks to speed flow of goods Port authority, operator strike deal with railway to boost competitiveness (The following story by Scott Simpson appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on June 15, 2010.) Canadian National Railway is earning kudos from Port Metro Vancouver for aggressive new effort...
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Don't know about LINTCO, but CP MOW recently...
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...agreed on a still tentative 3 year deal with the carrier. May 28, 2010 Calgary, Alberta Canadian Pacific was today notified by the Teamsters Canada Maintenance of Way Employees Division that the Memorandum o...
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CP still considering PRB coal extension
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CP still considering PRB coal extensionCanadian Pacific told analysts at its annual investors day in Vancouver Wednesday that it remains undecided on building a line to the Powder River Coal Basin in Wyoming, an option it acquired in 2008 with acquisition of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern, r...
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Kinder gentler Lintco ?
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A large carrier is said to be training managers to pretend to perform unionized conductor's work in case of of a work interruption this summer. They say their engineer's can hardly wait for them to bring it. Just a story going around. -- Edited by Astrobuck10 on Thursday 3rd of June 2010 01:41:08 AM
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CP to spend millions for 'improvements'
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Friday, May 21, 2010 The board of directors of Canadian Pacific Railway on Thursday approved a C$70 million (US$66 million) increase in capital spending in 2010. CP now plans to invest between C$750 million and C$800 million (US$710 million and US$757 million) on capital improvement programs t...
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Editorial: Extend monitoring of CN-EJ&E merger
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Editorial: Extend monitoring of CN-EJ&E merger (The following editorial appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on May 18, 2010.) CHICAGO Was it an honest mistake? Or a calculated move to minimize the effect of bringing more freight trains on the EJ&E railroad tracks? The true answe...
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