VISIT OUR NEW NEWS NEWS NEWS Volume 29, Number 2, Spring 2010 Since The Toronto Railway Club The Toronto Railway Club 1931 INFO Club history, current directors and Past Presi- dents. Other Events: CANADIAN RAILWAY CLUB - COMING EVENTS Put these dates on your calendar! In this issue... Valentine’s Dinner-Dance ......... page 2 March Luncheon Meeting Report .................... page 4 Annual Meeting & Election of Officers .............. page 6 76th Annual Dinner Annual Golf Tournament Friday, May 28, 2010, Hemmingford Golf Club, Hemmingford, QC Friday, December 3, 2010, 7 pm, Fairmont Royal Hotel, Toronto. Luncheon Meeting Thursday, May 6, 2010, 12 noon, Fontana Gardens, Concord, Ont. Annual Golf Tournament Friday, June 18, 2010 Glen Eagle Golf Club, Bolton, Ont. Info & tickets for Canadian Railway Club events: Jean Corbeil at 514-636-4269 or email: [email protected]Fall Social Thursday, October 7, 2010, Steam Whistle Roundhouse, Toronto, 5 pm WEB SITE www.torontorailwayclub.com Now up and running! NEW! EVENTS News on up-com- ing events includ- ing event registra- tion forms. MEMBERSHIP Membership info and membership application forms. NEWSLETTERS Read current issue and past issues of the club newsletter. Please support our advertisers. Plan to attend the Toronto Railway Club’s annual golf outing Friday, June 18 at Glen Eagle Golf Club in Bolton! Shotgun start 9 am, full course steak, schnitzel and chicken dinner at 4:30 pm and a huge array of door prizes! Book your foursomes now! Kirk McDonald: (416) 864-3440 ext 223, or Dennis Ryan at (905) 561-8888 E-mail: [email protected]NEW MAILING ADDRESS: Toronto Railway Club 200 Bay St., P.O. Box 64039 Toronto, ON M5J 2J0
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VISIT OUR NEW
NEWSNEWSNEWSVolume 29, Number 2, Spring 2010
Since The Toronto Railway ClubThe Toronto Railway Club
1931
INFOClub history, current directors and Past Presi-dents.
Other Events:CANADIAN RAILWAY CLUB -
COMING EVENTS Put these dates on
your calendar!
In this issue...Valentine’s Dinner-Dance ......... page 2March Luncheon Meeting Report .................... page 4Annual Meeting & Election of Officers .............. page 6
Info & tickets for Canadian Railway Club events: Jean Corbeil at 514-636-4269 or email: [email protected]
Fall SocialThursday, October 7, 2010, Steam Whistle Roundhouse, Toronto, 5 pm
WEB SITEwww.torontorailwayclub.com
Now up and running!
NEW!
EVENTSNews on up-com-ing events includ-ing event registra-tion forms.
MEMBERSHIPMembership info and membership application forms.
NEWSLETTERSRead current issue and past issues of the club newsletter. Please suppor t our advertisers.
Plan to attend the Toronto Railway Club’s annual golf outing Friday, June 18 at Glen Eagle Golf Club in Bolton!Shotgun start 9 am, full course steak, schnitzel and chicken dinner at 4:30 pm and a huge array of door prizes!Book your foursomes now!Kirk McDonald: (416) 864-3440 ext 223, or Dennis Ryan at (905) 561-8888 E-mail: [email protected]
NEW MAILING ADDRESS:Toronto Railway Club200 Bay St., P.O. Box 64039Toronto, ON M5J 2J0
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Valentine’s Dinner-Danceand casino Saturday, February 20, Fairmont Royal York Hotel... a pictorial review!
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An array of fabulous prizes were presented by Club President, Gregory Percy (at left in photos 1, 2, 3, and 7 and on the right in photos 4, 5, 6 and 8).
The winners were: (1) Bill Reinholt $500, (2) Dave Hart, VIA tickets, (3) Wanda Does, Royal York Hotel voucher, (4) Patrick Pe-ters, TRC gift pack, (5) John Kelly, iPod, (6) Christopher Burt, Glen Eagle foursome, (7) Walter Daschko $1,000 and (8) Heather Pearce, Elmwood Spa.
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ANNUAL MEETING At the Toronto Railway Club annual general meeting January 25, the fol-lowing new slate of officers were elected for 2010.
President: Gregory Percy, Vice-President, Operations, GO Transit
Past President: Paul Kerry, Area Manager, Business Development, Canadian Pacific Railway
First Vice-President: Susan Sherman, Vice-President, URS Corp.
Second Vice-President: Remi Landry, Assistant Director of Operations, Toronto Terminals Railway
Treasurer: Kirk McDonald, Office Supervisor, Toronto Terminals Railway
Appointed Secretary: Dennis J. Ryan, Managing Director, Supply Management, National Steel Car Ltd. (retired)
DIRECTORS electedJames D. Allen, Principal, JDA Consulting
Thomas Budd, Deputy Practice Manager, Rail & Transit, Hatch Mott MacDonald
Ron Hogan, Regional Sales Manager, IEC Holden Inc.
Dan Jagos, Senior Project Engineering Co-ordinator, AECOM
Paul Kerry, Area Manager, Business Development, Canadian Pacific Railway.
Brian Kirk, Vice-President Finance, Hallcon Corporation
Orest Kobylansky, General Superintendent, Toronto Transit Commission
Remi Landry, Assistant Manager of Operations, Toronto Terminals Railway
Allan Lusk, Service Administration Manager - Reefer Sales & Service (Toronto) Inc.
Bernie Maskerine, Senior Director Business Development - Transit, SNC - Lavalin O & M
Your Committees 2010Communications & Advertising - Mary Proc, Brian Kirk, Dennis Ryan, Kirk McDonaldMembership & Attendance- Paul Kerry, Remi Landry, Greg Percy, Mary ProcSuppliers - Peter Sadler, Daniel Jagos, Chuck Best, Bob McKeracher, Randy Pocrnick, Alan Wilson, Ron Hogan, Brian Kirk, Alan Lusk, Bill Thompson, Susan Sherman, James Allen
Luncheons- Paul Kerry, Susan Reed Tanaka, Kirk McDonald, Bernie Masker-ine, Susan ShermanValentine’s Dance - Mary Proc, Dan Jagos, Dennis Ryan, Susan Sherman, Kirk McDonaldAnnual Dinner - Dennis Ryan, Kirk McDonald, Bernie Maskerine, Alan Wilson, Remi Landry, Paul Kerry, Thomas Budd, Mary Proc, James AllenAnnual Dinner Entertainment: Randy PocrnickGolf Outing - Dennis Ryan, Bob McKeracher, Dan Jagos, Alan Lusk, Remi Landry, Bernie Maskerine, Kirk McDon-ald, Brian Kirk, Orest Kobylansky, Chuck Best, Bill Thompson, Paul Kerry, James Allen
Kirk McDonald, Office Supervisor, Toronto Terminals RailwayBob McKeracher, President, Mechanical Systems RemanufacturingGregory Percy, Vice-President, Operations, GO TransitRandy Pocrnick, Vice-President & General Manager, Leasing Business Unit, Procor Limited.Mary Proc, Vice-President, Customer Service, Metrolinx
Peter Sadler, Vice-President, Ronsco Inc., Oakville, Ont.Susan Sherman, Vice-President, URS CorporationBill Thompson, Regional Sales Manager, Canada, Timken Canada L.P.Alan Wilson, Director Marketing & Sales, National Steel Car Ltd.
DIRECTORS continued
Incoming President of the Toronto Railway Club, Greg Percy, (right) is congratulated by outgoing President, Paul Kerry at the annual meeting.
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The aims and objectives of the Toronto Railway Club are the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of railways and other forms of transportation, together with the equipment and supplies used therewith for the benefits of the members and the companies they represent.
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CN APPOINTMENTSClaude Mongeau, President and Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of CN announced January 25 that Keith Creel was appointed Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of CN. Jean-Jacques Ruest, previously CN’s Senior Vice-President, Marketing was ap-pointed Executive Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer. Luc Jobin, CN’s Execu-tive Vice-President and Chief Financial Of-ficer would assume responsibility for the in-formation technology function at CN.
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CPR ANNOUNCES 2009 FINANCIAL RESULTSCanadian Pacific Railway announced its fourth quarter and full year results on Janu-ary 28. CPR’s net income in the fourth quar-ter was $194 million, up three per cent over the fourth quarter of 2008. Total revenues in the quarter were $1.1 billion, down 16 per cent while operating expenses declined 17 per cent to $853 million. Operating income dropped 12 per cent to $269 million.
For the full year 2009, net income increased slightly to $612 million from $607 million in 2008 while total revenues of $4.3 billion were down 17 per cent from $5.2 billion in 2008. Operating expenses also decreased 17 per cent to $3.4 billion while operat-ing income fell 20 per cent to $900 million compared to $1.1 billion in 2008. The com-pany’s operating ratio rose to 79.1 per cent compared to 78.4 per cent in 2008.
CN press release Jan. 28, 2010
RAILWAY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA: YEAR IN REVIEWIn a press release December 30, the Railway Association of Canada said “After a bumpy run through 2009 as the global economic slowdown cut into the demand for freight movement, Canada’s freight and passenger railways are looking forward to better re-sults in 2010.
Cliff Mackay, President and CEO of the RAC said, “From all signs, the decline in freight rail traffic hit rock bottom during the summer and has begun to rebound. For VIA Rail and the country’s commuter rail operators, 2009 brought needed financial in-jections from government that will help set them on the right track to meet the expec-tations of their growing number of custom-ers. Inter-city commuter and tourist traffic totaled 72.3 million passengers in 2008, and is still growing.RAC press release Dec. 30, 2009
CN REPORTS NET INCOME OF $582 MILLION IN FOURTH QUARTERCN said January 28 that its fourth quarter net income of $582 million was up 2 per cent over the same quarter in 2008. Fourth quarter revenues of $1,854 million were down 14 per cent and the fourth quarter op-erating ratio was 65.3 per cent compared to 62.7 per cent in 2008.Net income for the full year 2009 was $1,854 million, down two per cent from 2008 on revenues of $7,367 million, thirteen per cent lower than 2008, mainly due, the company said, to significantly lower freight volumes in almost all markets as a result of economic conditions in the North American and global economies. Operating expenses were $4,961 million, down eleven per cent, and the company’s operating ratio was 67.3 per cent up by 1.4 points over 2008.
NEW TORONTO RAILWAY CLUB MAILING ADDRESSEffective immediately, the Club’s new mailing address will be: 200 Bay St., P.O. Box 64039, Toronto, ON M5J 2J0
Note that telephone numbers and extension numbers remain the same.
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Earl said that the CREATE program was the first-of-its-kind public/private partnership bringing together Illinois Department of Transportation, the City of Chicago Department of Transportation and the Association of American Railroads. CREATE comprised 71 critically needed rail and infrastructure improvements aimed at increasing the efficiency of freight and passenger rail service in the region.
Chicago is the only U.S. city where all six Class 1 North American railroads (BNSF, CN, CPR, CSX, NS and UP plus passenger railways Amtrak and Metra) all converge. Half of all U.S. rail freight passes through Chicago’s rail yards and more than 500 freight trains and 37,500 carloads of freight depart each day from Chicago.
The project would include the overhaul of five rail corridors, construction of six rail-to-rail “flyover bridges” and construction of tunnels or bridges at 25 key railroad crossings.
Prior to mid-2007, Brighton Park was the only still-operating manually run rail junction left in the U.S. and had become the poster child for antiquated rail operations in the Chicago area. More than 70 trains a day inched up to Brighton Park at walking speed then stopped,
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