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Illinois OKs 2 measures targeting CN PDF Print E-mail
Written by Aurora Beacon News   
Saturday, 06 June 2025 12:49
CHICAGO — Opponents of Canadian National Railway Company's purchase of a suburban rail line are applauding two new resolutions passed in Springfield recently.

Senate Resolution 273, sponsored by Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora, is aimed at President Barack Obama, and asks him to consider local communities when filling the vacancy on the federal Surface Transportation Board. The three-seat board, which oversees all rail transactions in the United States, has been down one member since W. Douglas Buttrey resigned in March.

The resolution suggests Buttrey's replacement should be someone more community-minded, who will consider the potential impact of increased train traffic on local residents.

Earlier this year, Canadian National bought the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Rail Line, which runs through suburban cities like Aurora, and opponents of the sale faulted the STB for not fully considering the effects of that sale.

The STB did demand that CN pay a significant percentage of the cost to separate two grade crossings on the EJ&E, including Ogden Avenue in Aurora. SB 273 also informs Obama that Illinois will show federal rail funding preference to these projects and any projects where the STB has demanded a private entity to pick up some of the tab.
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CN will pay $1.4 million fine for spill PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kerry Diotte - Edmonton Sun   
Tuesday, 26 May 2025 10:01
EDMONTON — It's the end of the line for court actions in the wake of an August 2005 train derailment that dumped nearly 800,000 litres of oil and a chemical into Lake Wabamun.

CN agreed in court yesterday to pay $1.4 million in fines related to provincial and federal charges over the Aug. 3, 2005 spill into the lake, 65 km west of Edmonton.

"This is sending the message that the company clearly accepted the fact there was some culpability on (its) part," said Environment Minister Rob Renner.

"Clearly from our perspective, the guilty plea shows that ... the investigation that took place was done in the appropriate way and the company chose to plead rather than fight it in court," Renner said yesterday after the matter was dealt with in a Stony Plain court.

One of the charges related to failing to take action to quickly contain the spill. Other charges involved harming fish and migratory birds.

The Wabamun spill involved 700,000 litres of bunker oil and 88,000 litres of toxic wood preservative from 43 rail cars.
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