CN reaches another EJ&E mitigation deal

CN reaches another EJ&E mitigation deal    Canadian National Railway said it has reached a voluntary mitigation agreement with the City of Elgin, Ill., addressing the municipality’s issues with CN’s acquisition of the principal lines of the former Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Co.
   CN completed the acquisition on Jan. 31 and is running trains over the line. It said it expects “full integration of the CN and EJ&E networks will be accomplished within three years.”
   Under the agreement with Elgin, CN will provide funding for noise mitigation, emergency response training, and measures to maintain existing quiet zones. CN said it had negotiated voluntary mitigation agreements with 16 municipalities that are home to more than half of the population along the EJ&E in Illinois and Indiana, but a number of towns have continued to oppose CN’s takeover of the short line.