“We are good business people. We fell in love with this deal, but we can run this railroad without the EJ&E,” – Canadian National CEO Harrison E. Hunter, providing a bit of a positioning statement for the railroad over roadblocks to the purchase of a key Illinois railroad.
The Port of Prince Rupert doesn’t have much in the way of influence on a debate raging in Chicago at the moment, however the result of whether CN purchases the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway could have an impact on the southern desitnation for much of those containers that pass through Prince Rupert…
( from the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … 7240061953 )-