Canadian National Railway What they don’t want YOU to know

Tsunami of Far East goods set to hit North America According to Bloomberg News, the Chinese have invested $15 billion to develop Yangshan, China’s largest port. Yangshan currently handles 20 million containers a year. In 2010, capacity will increase to 30 million. In 2005 the largest container ships carried an average of less than 2,500 containers. Today, megaships are longer than 4 football fields and carry 12,500 containers. See the the megaship, Emma Maersk at sea at: RlthTwEEM RlthTwEEM

Employs approximately 22,700 in Canada and the U.S. Operates a network of nearly 20,400 route miles Revenues CDN $7.9 billion with CDN $2.2 billion in net profit. The only North American railroad that crosses the continent north to south and east to west connecting all three NAFTA countries. Proposed acquisition of EJ&E line will: –Link five rail lines radiating out from Chicago –Create a freight rail superhighway between Libertyville, IL and Gary, IN –Be used as a freight bypass for containers heading to Memphis and beyond without providing any real benefits to our region. DATA:

Goods from China come to North America through the Prince Rupert Terminal in British Columbia. They are transported by mega-trains through Chicago to southern U.S. ports to be sent to South America, Europe and the world. CN is the only railroad serving this port. PRINCE RUPERT TERMINAL, B.C.  Chicago● PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN SOUTH AMERICA U.S. CANADA CHINA ● ● ● ● ● ● ●● ●● RAIL LINES The “Asian Gateway” CN plans to connect Asia to the rest of the world through YOUR backyard! CN SHIPPING ROUTES Key: Map note: Locations of shipping and rail lines are approximations and are for illustrative purposes only. Links to CN shipping and rail service maps: a/en_KFChina_popup_map_com m.shtml?/images/maps/cn_betw een_china_and_north_america_ en.jpg s/intermodal/en_IMX_map.shtml

Located in British Columbia, Canada Phase I – Completed 2007 Capacity: 500, foot containers Phase II – To be completed in 2010 Capacity: 2,000,000 – 20 foot containers Implications: 4 times as many containers will enter North America and be shipped on trains through the U.S to southern ports. We anticipate 82 additional Mega-freight trains per DAY on EJ&E train lines once the Port reaches its FULL capacity. Click on to watch a video of Prince Rupert Terminal Port of Prince Rupert Container Terminal

OUR CONCERNS:  Increased Traffic Gridlock at Rail crossings  Added air pollution  Noise levels incompatible with residential living  Delay in Police, Fire and EMT response times  Negative impact on property values  More accidents/deaths along rail lines  Disruption and/or closure of local businesses  Interference with Metra commuter lines

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