Canadian National is spending nearly US$39 million to add tracks and make rail yard improvements on busy lanes in and east of Edmonton, Alberta, that handle rail traffic for Canada and the U.S. Midwest.
CN said the work includes adding capacity to an oil sands region of northern Alberta, and increasing velocity at its Walker Yard in Edmonton that builds commodity and merchandise carload trains. It’s one of the carrier’s largest such rail yards in western Canada. CN handles intermodal traffic at a separate terminal in Edmonton.