Excerpt from Trains Newswire. Go to their website to see the rest.
HOMEWOOD, Ill. - Canadian National will consolidate dispatching for its operations in the Midwestern United States in 2008. Trains News Wire learned today that the former Wisconsin Central dispatching center in Stevens Point, Wis., and the dispatching center for the former Grand Trunk Western in Troy, Mich., will close with their dispatching functions consolidated at the former Illinois Central facility at Woodcrest Yard in Homewood, Ill. The consolidations will begin around Jan. 1 and will take place gradually as individual dispatching desks are transferred to Homewood. CN expects the consolidation to be complete by April 2008.
CN to consolidate Wisconsin, Michigan dispatching operations
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Auctually, I just found out that this IS NOT the first time they tried to do this...trainjunkie47 wrote:I'm really shocked it took this long for CN to do this.
From a chat with Matt Marderosian (BNSF 1088), I learned that they tried this in 2000, back when they first acquired the IC. Fortunately it fell through at the last minute. Matt says this time probably won't be any different. I REALLY hope he's right.
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In the course of my run I have to talk with TD-3 to get across the diamonds at Cedar. I spoke with one of the dispatchers last night on the phone and asked him about it and he seemed very "skepitcal" about the move at best. Something to do with the "cost" and not necessarily equipment cost. Sounded more like a "people" (union?) issue.
I used to get paid for doing what all of you like to watch!
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Well guess what...
No plans to move Troy dispatching offices, CN says
HOMEWOOD, Ill. - Last week Trains News Wire reported that CN was planning to close its Troy, Mich., dispatching office and move the dispatchers there to its Homewood Administration Building (which is not part of CN's Woodcrest Shop complex, as News Wire reported). However, according to Jim Kvedaras, Senior Manager U.S. Public and Government Affairs for CN, no decision has been made on locating or relocating of the Troy operations. The company will be relocating its Stevens Point dispatching functions to the Homewood Administration Building. CN will start relocating the Stevens Point dispatchers sometime in early 2008 and expects to have the move completed in the second quarter of 2008.
No plans to move Troy dispatching offices, CN says
HOMEWOOD, Ill. - Last week Trains News Wire reported that CN was planning to close its Troy, Mich., dispatching office and move the dispatchers there to its Homewood Administration Building (which is not part of CN's Woodcrest Shop complex, as News Wire reported). However, according to Jim Kvedaras, Senior Manager U.S. Public and Government Affairs for CN, no decision has been made on locating or relocating of the Troy operations. The company will be relocating its Stevens Point dispatching functions to the Homewood Administration Building. CN will start relocating the Stevens Point dispatchers sometime in early 2008 and expects to have the move completed in the second quarter of 2008.