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The government of Canada is investing up to C$23 million in Global Agricultural Trans-Loading’s (GATL) rail infrastructure and capacity improvement project at its CN-served facility in Surrey, British Columbia.

CN registers with the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) and is listed on CDP’s 2022 Supplier Engagement Leaderboard. Also, CSX updates its industrial site-selection program; UPS recognizes Kansas…

The Port of Virginia is expanding its “westward reach” starting April 1 with new daily rail service between the port’s primary container terminals and Norfolk Southern’s (NS) regional intermodal terminal…

CSX Executive Vice President of Operations Jamie Boychuk has announced leadership changes at the Class I railroad, which is combining its Network Operations and Service Design groups.

Norfolk Southern (NS) has reached agreements with two additional labor unions for paid sick leave: the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, Transportation Workers, Mechanical Department (SMART-MD) and the…

CN is the fourth Class I to offer paid sick leave to U.S. craft railroaders. On March, it reported reaching an agreement with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace…

CN announced March 1 that February 2023 was the “best February ever” for Western Canadian grain movement on the Class I’s network, moving more than 2.4 million metric tons of…

Transport Canada is distributing up to C$5.4 million to 20 infrastructure projects country-wide that it says will make railroads “more resilient to extreme weather risks.”

Union Pacific (UP) finalizes contracts for four hybrid cranes to test in its intermodal yards. Also, the government of Canada is investing up to C$12.5 million in an infrastructure project…

The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) arbitration program for small rate disputes will not go forward as written in its Dec. 19, 2022, rule.

The CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund raised a record C$2.19 million for approximately 580 U.S. and Canadian charities as part of its 2023 campaign, CN reported on Feb. 23.

The new CN One Mobile app features a consolidated shipment-tracking tool for both carload and intermodal customers, CN reports. Launched Feb. 16, the app (view below) provides a real-time “snapshot”…

At the mid-point of the 2022-23 crop year, CN has been delivering “strong, consistent” results for grain movement in Western Canada with 15.2 million metric tons (MMT) of grain and…

With the release of investigation documents surrounding a 2019 accident in which a GO Transit train struck two people at a public crossing in Ontario, officials from the Transportation Safety…

Class I railroads CN, Canadian Pacific (CP), CSX and Union Pacific (UP) have been honored in this year’s Standard & Poors (S&P) Global Sustainability Yearbook under the Transportation and Transportation…

CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), Union Pacific (UP) and the U.S. operating subsidiaries of CN on Feb. 3 renewed their request that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) stay its requirement that…

CN has deployed innovative technologies to remotely monitor operational and temperature conditions of privately-owned 40-foot international containers while in the possession of its Brampton Intermodal Terminal, the Class I reported…

Amtrak in December called on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to initiate an investigation into “substandard” customer on-time performance for Sunset Limited service between Louisiana and California. Host freight railroad…

CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), Union Pacific (UP) and the U.S. operating subsidiaries of CN on Dec. 29, 2022 requested that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) stay its requirement that the…

CN President and CEO Tracy Robinson on Jan. 24 reported the Class I’s approach to “scheduled railroading” improved service to customers, drove operational efficiency, and “built the resiliency that enabled…