More Monday morning rail news:
CN sets Canadian grain record for seventh straight month
Canadian National moved a record amount of Canadian grain for the seventh straight month, transporting 2.43 million metric tons of grain in September. The railroad moved 7.76 million metric tons in the third quarter of 2020. As is the case with a similar run of records by Canadian Pacific [see “Digest, CP sets Canadian grain records for third quarter, September,” Oct. 2, 2020], new higher capacity grain cars have played a major role in the records. The collaboration at all levels, from Prairie grain farmers to British Columbia coastal terminal operators, has been exemplary,” CN CEO JJ Ruest said in a press release. “Grain demand is enabling the return to active employment of many of our people, and with the addition of 1,500 new locally-built, high capacity grain cars, the CN One Team looks forward to breaking more records.”
North Carolina museum to resume excursion operations
The New Hope Valley Railway, operated by the North Carolina Railway Museum in New Hill, N.C., will reopen with Halloween trains beginning Oct. 10 and also plans to operate Christmas trains. WRAL-TV reports tickets for the Halloween trains, which also will operate Oct. 17, 24,and 31, must be purchased in advance online at the museum website. The railroad is opening for the first time this year thanks to North Carolina’s decision to move to Phase Three of its COVID-19 reopening as of Friday.
Genesee Valley Transportation names manager of business development
Genesee Valley Transportation has appointed Matthew Wasilewski as manager of business development, effective Oct. 1. A Buffalo, N.Y., native, Wasilewski has a diverse background in the less-than-truckload freight brokering and general logistics industries.He will report to senior director of strategic planning C. D. Monte Verde. GVT operates a 318-mile system on four railroads and transload facilities in New York and Pennsylvania.
