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BNSF, CN and CPR reached an agreement focused on improving rail network fluidity and infrastructure capacity, principally in Vancouver, B.C., Chicago, and between Memphis and southern Illinois. The agreement includes track and rail infrastructure exchanges between the railroads and a grant of trackage, haulage and other access rights.
In Vancouver, B.C., CN will obtain operational, dispatching and maintenance control of 12 miles of joint track between the Fraser River Bridge in New Westminster, B.C., and ocean terminals on the south shore of Burrard Inlet near downtown Vancouver. This trackage also connects CN's network with its north shore terminals, customers and the former BC Rail.
In Chicago, BNSF will...