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23 August
Trains.com Staff

Canada’s labor minister puts and end to CN and CPKC work stoppage

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference is returning to work at Canadian National Railway, but the union said the work stoppage continues at Canadian Pacific Kansas City pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

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22 August
Trains.com Staff

Video: Intramotev shows off autonomous, battery-electric stack car

Startup Intramotev, which converts conventional freight cars to battery-electric, self-propelled vehicles, has debuted an autonomous double-stack car.

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Trains.com Staff

Canada’s labor minister puts an end to CN, CPKC work stoppage

Canada’s freight rail work stoppage — the first to shut down both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City simultaneously — is over.

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20 August
Trains.com Staff

Federal court shoots down STB’s streamlined rate dispute resolution process

A federal appeals court on Tuesday tossed out the Surface Transportation Board’s streamlined process for resolving rate disputes between shippers and railroads.

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19 August
Trains.com Staff

Teamsters Canada Rail Conference delivers strike notice to CPKC; CN delivers lockout notice

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference on Sunday served a 72-hour strike notice to Canadian Pacific Kansas City, saying the union will walk out at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, barring a last-minute labor agreement.

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15 August
Trains.com Staff

Participants line up to bend STB’s ear at rail growth hearing

he Surface Transportation Board will hear from more than three dozen participants during its two-day hearing next month regarding recent trends and strategies for growth in freight railroad traffic.

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