CN AND BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE REACH ROUTING PROTOCOL AGREEMENT TO EXPEDITE INTERCHANGE TRAFFIC.MONTREAL & FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. -- CN (TSX:CNR)(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNI) and The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) announced today a routing protocol agreement to streamline their exchange of rail traffic at major gateways. BNSF is a subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI). Under the protocol, CN and BNSF have established a structured plan to direct rail traffic flows through the most efficient interchange locations, a change that will improve transit times and asset utilization for the customers of CN and BNSF. The new routing protocol will be implemented over a three-month period. James Foote, CN's executive vice-president, sales and marketing, said: "We are pleased to be able to establish a routing protocol with the BNSF. This will create a more seamless service for the customers and generate more capacity for the railroads." John Lanigan, BNSF's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, said: "As part of our effort to streamline the interchange process with all our service partners, this agreement will provide more consistent, dependable service for customers whose shipments move over both railways." The major interchange points for traffic moving between CN and BNSF are Vancouver, B.C., Noyes, Minn., Superior, Wis., Chicago, Memphis, and New Orleans. The routing protocol will result in a number of changes in traffic: - Traffic from the Canadian prairies will be consolidated at the Noyes interchange when moving to the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century and at the Superior interchange when destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to the central United States The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern United States and Western United States as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the Southern United States; the term is and Texas; - Traffic moving to and from the south central United States The South Central United States, South Central states, or Midsouth is a region of the United States located in the south central part of the country. It evolved out of the archaic southwest, which originally was literally the western U.S. South. will be interchanged at Memphis and at New Orleans, avoiding congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. in Chicago. Canadian National Railway Company Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE: CNI, TSX: CNR) is a Canadian rail transportation company that operates the Canadian National Railway. It was created in December, 1918 as a Crown corporation of the Government of Canada to nationalize several bankrupt rail systems spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east , serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. BNSF operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,000 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. The railway is among the world's top transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain than any other American railroad, transports the components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough low-sulphur coal to generate about ten percent of the electricity produced in the United States. BNSF is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com. www.cn.ca Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI) Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI) Canadian National Railway Company (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) |
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