TasRail, ATN & Privatisation of NR & FC

["KaMaK" <mckinnon@interact.net.au>]

Further to my previous post see Trains Newswire
http://www.trains.com/news/Print.shtml

"Facing a proxy fight from founder and former CEO Ed Burkhardt, Wisconsin
Central's board of directors on November 3 announced it has hired an
investment banking firm to advise it on ways to boost shareholder
value--including sale of the company's assets, which include the Wisconsin
Central and railroads in Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. Goldman,
Sachs & Co. will be the company's financial adviser....

Speculation has centered on a sale of WC to Canadian National, which has
run-through agreements over WC between Superior and Chicago. In an
interesting twist, WC and CN share a major investor: Microsoft guru Bill
Gates, who owns 7.7 percent of WC and 5.2 percent of CN."