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    CN nails down EJ&E deal (with Griffith, Ind.)

    December 21st, 2008

    December 21, 2008 / From Submitted Reports / Joliet Herald News

    Canadian National Railway reached an agreement with Griffith, Ind., addressing the community’s concerns about CN’s proposed purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.

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    Track repair deal ends Amtrak’s opposition to CN purchase of EJ & E

    December 4th, 2008

    December 4, 2008  / Associated Press/ Chicago Tribune

    Amtrak has dropped its opposition to the hotly debated sale of a suburban Chicago railway line after reaching an agreement with Canadian National Railway on track maintenance, officials said Wednesday.

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    CN: Blame the government, not us

    May 13th, 2008

    May 13, 2008 / By CINDY WOJDYLA CAIN / Joliet Herald News

    TINLEY PARK — Canadian National Railway is getting a bum rap over its plan to acquire the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway, CN spokesmen said Monday. Opponents of the sale should look to government officials — not CN — to find blame, CN representatives said during a Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

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    Will County board opposes railway purchase

    March 26th, 2008

    March 26, 2008 / By STEWART WARREN STAFF WRITER / Joliet Herald News

    JOLIET — The Will County Board is against the Canadian National Railway’s purchase of the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railway. And they want everyone to know it.

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    CN Railway offers to spend $40 million for Illinois overpasses in EJ&E bid

    March 11th, 2008

    March 11, 2008 / By Richard Wronski / Chicago Tribune

    The Canadian National Railway Co. is offering to spend $40 million for overpasses in suburban areas facing major increases in freight train traffic under its plan to bypass congestion in Chicago, the railroad said Monday.

    The CN also pledged to cap Amtrak’s costs for the use of CN tracks, which the railroad said should calm fears that passenger service south to Springfield, Carbondale and other Illinois cities would be jeopardized by buying the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway.

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