Transport Canada on Feb. 12 announced an investment of up to C$33.1 million for six projects in Alberta and British Columbia under the National Trade Corridors Fund to “promote growth and better connect communities and regions across Canada.”
David McLean, CN’s first Chair of the Board following privatization in 1995, died late last month. He was 86.
The governments of Canada and Manitoba on Feb. 4 committed to investing C$43 million and C$36.4 million, respectively, over a two-year period to continue upgrading Hudson Bay Railway (HBRY) and Port of Churchill.
Integrated Intermodal logistics services provider IntermodeX, an SSA Marine Enterprise, on Feb. 3 announced the development of LinX, a transload and logistics facility located at the Port of Prince Rupert.
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The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Jan. 14 approved, with conditions, CN’s acquisition of Class III Iowa Northern Railway Company (IANR), as well as related notices of exemption for trackage rights. There
While CN “took some ‘body blows’ in 2024,” the Class I railroad “came out stronger,” and is “looking forward to a solid 2025,” according to President and CEO Tracy Robinson.
CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) reach tentative collective agreements with the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW) and Unifor, respectively, averting strikes. Also, Connecticut Southern Railroad (CSO), a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary, joins the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers– Transportation Division (SMART-TD).
CN acquires GP38-2 locomotives directly from BNSF; Essex Terminal Railway unveils a new livery. While CN regularly acquires six-axle locomotives for main line power and has units rebuilt and repowered for modernization
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) welcomes Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s new Brunswick hub facility. Also, Agile Cold Storage receives its first railcar at its new cold storage facility in Macon, Ga.; and the first railcar of 100% renewable propane to be broadly marketed in Canada arrives in Prescott, Ontario.