[getsmart-l] Is Canada ready to correct Mullroney's mistake and to bring "RAIL" back to life? 2 articles

[John O'Gorman]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080729.wreynolds0730/BNStory/energy/
Ready to be railroaded again?
NEIL REYNOLDS Globe and Mail Update July 30, 2008 at 1:26 AM EDT

In fact, though, these conventional assumptions are as wrong now as they were in the dawning of the Age of Rail. It was a remarkable Canadian who proved it: James Jerome Hill, builder of the Great Northern Railway, the only great railway builder of the 19th century who never took a penny in government subsidy or a free acre of land. 


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Railway on track for rally
Analysts say CN, and to a lesser extent CPR, positioned to gain ground on U.S. rivals 
BRENT JANG  From Wednesday's Globe and Mail July 30, 2008 at 7:39 AM EDT
If the battle between Canada's two largest freight carriers were a reality TV show, Canadian National Railway Co. would be out-manoeuvring Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. for votes from Bay Street judges.

Analysts say that expansion prospects look brighter at Montreal-based CN, which is counting on the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to approve its $300-million (U.S.) purchase of Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.
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