Canadian National Railway News

Hunter Harrison, leader of the Canadian Pacific Railway, published a full page explanation of his company's service problems in the Globe and Mail and the National Post last week.a © It probably cost him a pretty penny, not that that matters.

New York Air Brake Co. is expected soon to get a windfall of business, thanks to rules passed by the Canadian government requiring railways to devote more rail cars to the shipment of grain to the U.S. Rules passed by the government this month aim to address an acute rail car shortage in Canada that has caused grain exports to drop sharply, driving ... (more)

Canadian National Railway Co , the country's biggest railroad operator, said on Wednesday it will meet the federal government's order to ship 500,000 tonnes of grain a week, but its chief executive said there would still be a severe backlog even under ideal conditions.

The Order, under section 47 of the Canada Transportation Act, also requires the railways to report to the Minister of Transport on weekly shipments.

Canadian National Railway issues a notice to forestry customers that it is unable to take all their lumber shipments because of a backlog building at west coast container terminals.

OTTAWA -- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Canadian National Railway Co. will be required to increase the volumes carried each week over a period of four weeks to move 1 million metric tons of grain each week, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said today at a press conference in Winnipeg.

The Federal government announced an order of council at a Winnipeg press conference this morning that sets minimum volumes of grain that Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway are each required to move.

The Order, under section 47 of the Canada Transportation Act, also requires the railways to report to the Minister of Transport on weekly shipments.

Roswarski said Amtrak is looking into using a Canadian National Railway line in Chicago, which could help cut travel- time by 35 minutes each way.

Union Pacific Corporation , Canadian National Railway and Norfolk Southern Corporation moved modestly higher relative to the S&P 500 over the past year.

Media advisory - Claude Mongeau, CN executive president and chief executive officer, to address J.P. Morgan investor conference on March 12, 2014 , president and chief executive officer of CN , will address the J. P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation and Industrials Conference in CN will provide a live audio webcast of Mongeau's remarks in the ... (more)

On Jan. 31, 19 cars of a Canadian National Railway train left the tracks while traveling through the outskirts of New Augusta.

A shortage of Canadian oats due to rail shipping bottlenecks has so far not affected production at the PepsiCo Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids.

Canada's two big railways are stepping up service to reduce a backlog of grain shipments that have delayed exports and pushed oat prices to record highs, but the Canadian government said it may still step in with new regulations.

Canadian National Railway Co plans capital spending of C$2.1 billion in 2014, the country's largest rail operator said on Wednesday, slightly more than it invested last year on its track, fleet, facilities and safety equipment.

After a decade of animosity threatened to all but destroy the rural rail lines that fan out across Wisconsin, a quiet effort is under way that could mend the ties between the state's paper and timber industries, which rely on the network, and Canadian National Railway Co., which owns it.

Canadian Pacific Railway will begin slapping a surcharge on customers who transport crude in older tank cars, following larger rival Canadian National in seeking to deter shippers from using the model involved in a series of fiery crashes, Reuters reports.