Monday, February 2, 2009

CN Now Owns the EJ&E

According to the Chicago Tribune on 2/1/09, CN completed its acquisition of the EJ&E. The communities along the EJ&E will begin to see an increase in trains from 5 to 20 per day beginning in March. Towns like Buffalo Grove will see their train traffic decrease from 19 to 2 per day according to a Chicago Tribune article today, 2/2/09.

Here are the links to both articles:

CN acquires railway line around Chicago

Freight train traffic to shift in March in wake of rail merger

1 comments:

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