Canadian National power leads a westbound empty oil unit train through River Forest, Ill., on the Union Pacific on Aug. 25, 2018. TRAINS: David Lassen Canadian National and Canadian Pacific are cautiously optimistic that Alberta crude oil shipments will rise significantly this year if production curtailments are eased and the province’s crude-by-rail contracts are shifted […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National reported record second quarter financial results on Tuesday and reaffirmed its positive volume outlook for the rest of the year thanks to expected growth in crude oil, coal, grain, propane, and intermodal traffic. “Looking to the balance of this year and next, we are cautiously optimistic,” CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest said on […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has ordered Canadian National and Canadian Pacific to participate in oral arguments next month to settle their simmering dispute over the location of their interchange in Chicago. In a decision late Friday, the board directed CN and CP to participate in an Aug. 6 oral argument in Washington. The […]
NEW ORLEANS — Amtrak is restoring service on all routes in and out of New Orleans following Hurricane Barry. Service will resume today for the eastbound Crescent; the Monday departures of its westbound counterpart from New York will be the first inbound train to serve New Orleans. Similarly, northbound service resumes today for the City […]
Class I railroads will announce their second quarter earnings results over the next two weeks against a backdrop of declining traffic in the U.S. and indications that economic growth is slowing. But a combination of rate increases, efficiency gains, cost-cutting, and share buyback programs is expected to offset the impact of traffic volume declines at […]
MONTREAL – Canadian National Railway has named David Trent vice president and chief digital officer, saying his role will be part of the railroad’s “objective of modernizing its scheduled railroading model.” Trent has more than 20 years of information technology experience. Most recently, he was vice president, technology and digital, at Canfor Corp., the Vancouver, […]
WASHINGTON — Canadian National and Canadian Pacific have asked federal regulators to step in after they failed to settle their Chicago interchange dispute through a mediation period that ended on Thursday. In a July 3 letter to the Surface Transportation Board, CP requested a preliminary injunction that would order CN to maintain the interchange at […]
NEW ORLEANS — Rail operations along the U.S. Gulf Coast were returning somewhat to normal Monday as Tropical Storm Barry — now a tropical depression — moved north into Arkansas and was expected to go in the general direction of St. Louis. The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad started three switching jobs late Sunday and […]
NEW ORLEANS — Railroads in the New Orleans area continued to initiate contingency plans due to the threat of Tropical Storm Barry. BNSF Railway officials said Thursday that they were holding all New Orleans-bound trains from moving into the area. “Our operations teams are working with other carriers to identify alternate gateways unaffected by this […]
A Canal Street streetcar in 2018. The system was shut down briefly by heavy rains on Wednesday. Bob Johnston NEW ORLEANS – With all of the Crescent City’s 200 flood gates set to shut by Friday in advance of approaching Tropical Storm Barry, Amtrak has cancelled all service in and out of New Orleans through […]
Broadway Limited Imports Paragon3 USRA heavy Mikado 2-8-2 Recently I had the opportunity to review and run a preproduction sample of an N scale United States Railroad Administration Heavy 2-8-2 Mikado type from Broadway Limited Imports. Part of the firm’s Paragon3 series, the model features a dual-mode decoder that provides excellent sound on both Digital […]
The last Canadian National last detour train on CSX Transportation, X900-08 rolls past the Wabtec test track in Harborcreek, Pa., bringing to an end more than a week’s worth of detours on three railroads in the region. Stephan Koenig ERIE, Pa. — Canadian National confirms that the St. Clair Tunnel at Sarnia, Ontario, is open […]
