MONTREAL — Canadian National has published its 2022-23 Winter Plan, which outlines measures by the railroad to meet operating needs during winter weather as required by the Canada Transportation Act.
The railroad says those measures include an increase of 850 employees between the start of 2022 and the end of June, with 500 additional conductors expected to graduate through the end of the year; 57 additional locomoties; 800 new boxcars to be delivered in early 2023 and 500 new hopper cars to be delivered during the 2022-23 crop year; and deployment of acoustic bearing detectors and launch of third-generation automated track inspection cars.
CN CEO Tracy Robinson said in a press release that the plan reflects a focus on “getting back to basics” by “running a scheduled operation, aligning capacity with demand, and working closely with our customers and stakeholders to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the full supply chain. … The steps outlined in this plan will help ensure a more efficient and resilient CN network and an increasingly reliable and resilient supply chain.”
The full Winter Plan is available here.
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