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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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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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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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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Tagged as: , Amtrak, CN, EJ&E, environmental impact, Jim Moustis, Metra STAR Line, Will County Board.
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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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Tagged as: Amtrak, Carbondale, EJ&E, Hunter Harrison, Sen. Richard Durbin, Springfield.
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