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CSX Calls Special Meeting in Light of Extraordinary Mantle Ridge and Hunter Harrison Requests
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX ) today announced that its Board of Directors has called a special meeting of shareholders...
First date goes well for Canada: Hébert
Trudeau got what he most wanted in the shape of a statement that when it comes to improving the U.S. economy, Trump mostly sees trade with Canada as part of the solution. To...
Manaigre leads Network Rail Consulting Canada
Manaigre, who will be based in Toronto and report to President-North America Ron Hartman, is a native Canadian whose career in the railway industry spans 30 years. Most...
First LRT vehicle on its way to Waterloo Region
WATERLOO REGION — The first Ion light rail train is on its way to Waterloo Region. To read full article click here
CARS Lobby Day
CARS will be hosting a lobby day on Parliament Hill during the month of March. An event of this magnitude involves a tremendous amount of preparation and organization. In...
A look at trade growth in Canada, U.S. under North American Free Trade Agreement
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets today with U.S. President Donald Trump. One of the issues sure to be discussed is the North American Free Trade Agreement,...
CARS Scholarship Fund
Objective : To establish an internally managed Scholarship Fund in the name of the Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers to be known as the CARS Scholarship Fund. ...
CN 2017 capex: C$2.5 billion
CN’s planned C$2.5 billion (US$1.9 billion) 2017 capital program is “focused on hardening core infrastructure,” the railroad said on Feb. 9. To read full article click...
Rail advocates encouraged by Trump's emphasis on regulatory reform, infrastructureFor rail industry lobbyists and trade associations, many of the legislative issues in the 115th Congress are carryovers from the 114th Congress: federal funding, a pro-
For rail industry lobbyists and trade associations, many of the legislative issues in the 115th Congress are carryovers from the 114th Congress: federal funding, a...
Railway supply industry news round-up
Russian Railways and Siemens have opened a data processing and analysis centre in Moscow to support condition-based maintenance of Lastochka EMUs. This follows the centre in...
Canada, China to attend summit on free trade after TPP collapse
Canada and China are joining a mid-March summit hosted by Chile on how to advance trade in Asia-Pacific now that Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the...
City to consider $4.4M on new LRT route studies
A new report headed to committee next week recommends spending more than $4 million to study alternative route options for light rail transit. To read full article click...