Insights and Stories on Canadian National

Big Two railways release plans for winter

Oct. 26, 2020 at 9:20 pm CDT

Canada’s major railways have filed their winter contingency plans, as they are now required by law to do. Since updates to the Canada Transportation Act in 2018, Canada’s major rail companies have been required to publish winter plans and can be forced to pay up if they fail to deliver […]

CN, CP set third-quarter records for grain movement

Oct. 5, 2020 at 3:37 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Propane-starved East’s grain growers seek end to CN strike

Nov. 20, 2019 at 4:17 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Talks continue toward ending CN strike as factories slow output

Nov. 20, 2019 at 12:48 pm CST

By Allison Lampert Rod Nickel

Elevator operators seek quick end to CN strike

Nov. 19, 2019 at 7:32 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

Teamsters serve strike notice on CN

Nov. 17, 2019 at 1:36 am CST

Teamster-led workers in contract talks with Canadian National Railway could be on the picket line as early as 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday after serving strike notice on the company. The Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference – Conductors, Trainpersons and Yardpersons (TCRC-CTY), which represents about 3,200 CN conductors and railyard co-ordinators in […]

By GFM Staff

CN to cut management, union jobs

Nov. 15, 2019 at 4:45 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian National Railway said on Friday it would cut management and union jobs, as the largest Canadian railroad operator grapples with an economic slowdown. The company will lay off 1,600 employees in the U.S. and Canada, according to a report by the Globe and Mail. The announcement comes […]

By Reuters

Third-quarter grain handle down for CN, CP

Oct. 24, 2019 at 11:21 am CDT

Canada’s Big Two railways both booked reduced traffic but increased their revenue per carload in their grain handling segments for their third fiscal quarters ending Sept. 30. Canadian National Railway on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $1.195 billion on $3.83 billion in total revenues, up from $1.134 billion on […]

By GFM Staff

Prairie grain freight cost index adjusted upward

May. 4, 2019 at 10:23 am CDT

Corrected, May 6, 2019 and Jan. 7, 2021 — Canada’s big two railways can expect a small raise in the amount of revenue they get to keep from hauling Prairie grain in the coming crop year. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Tuesday announced it will set the volume-related composite […]

By GFM Staff

CP, CN overshoot annual grain revenue caps

Dec. 31, 2018 at 6:25 pm CST

Both of Canada’s big two railways were found to have made more revenue from hauling Prairie grain in 2017-18 than their federally mandated limits allow. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Monday announced Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway overtopped their maximum revenue entitlements (MREs) for the crop year by […]

By GFM Staff

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