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September 15, 2021
Shareholder Launches Proxy Fight For Canadian National
Earlier this week, TCI formally requested that CN hold a shareholder meeting to vote on four new board candidates.
September 14, 2021
Kansas City Southern Cancels Holiday Express
For the second year in a row, Kansas City Southern has canceled its Holiday Express although it will raise funds for charity.
September 14, 2021
Noted Author, Historian Donates Collection to C&O Historical Society
Thomas W. Dixon Jr., has authored nearly 40 titles about the Chesapeake & Ohio.
September 13, 2021
North Carolina Town Seeks Tourist Train Operator
Tabor City hopes to find someone to run excursion trains on RJ Corman’s Carolina Lines.
September 12, 2021
Kansas City Southern, Canadian Pacific Merger Back On
On Sunday, Kansas City Southern announced that Canadian Pacific’s offer was “superior” to Canadian National’s proposal.
September 10, 2021
Washington Women Convicted of Trying to Derail BNSF Train
Two women used a “shunt” to disrupt the low-level electrical current in the rails to interrupt signals and other safety features.
September 9, 2021
Shareholder Threatens Proxy Fight if CN Doesn’t Drop KCS Bid
One of Canadian National’s biggest shareholders has hired the same firm that helped oust Canadian Pacific’s CEO in 2012.
September 8, 2021
Finger Lakes Railway Puts the Brakes on Maine Expansion
After the Rockland Branch’s biggest customer decided to stop using rail to shuttle cement, Finger Lakes owner says the expansion is on hold.
September 8, 2021
Amtrak Poised to Fall Behind in Effort to Make Stations Accessible
A new report from the Amtrak Office of Inspection General found the railroad needs to dramatically speed up efforts to make stations ADA compliant.
September 7, 2021
Indiana Short Line Calls it Quits After NS Cancels Lease
Norfolk Southern plans to lease the C&NC Railroad to another shirt line operator.
