April 27, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, CPKC, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Reckon Media, April 26, 2023) What is known is that the CPKC merger will drastically increase rail traffic in dozens of U.S. neighborhoods from Chicago to Texas’s border with Mexico. Traffic is expected to at least quadruple as the trains haul anything from...
April 27, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, April 26, 2023) It’s the second consecutive week that U.S. carloads rose while intermodal volumes fell, and total rail traffic continued to lag 2022 levels, according to Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) reports. For the week ending April...
April 27, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Canadian Press, April 26, 2023) Fresh from a historic merger, Canadian Pacific Kansas City president and CEO Keith Creel says the company is focused on a disciplined integration into a railway network that he believes will become “the most relevant in...
April 27, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 26, 2023) CPKC’s first new service — a pair of intermodal trains linking Chicago and Mexico — will launch on May 11, carrying containers from new customers Schneider and Knight-Swift. Daily hotshots 180 and 181 will link Chicago with...
April 27, 2023 | DOL, Headlines
(Source: Roll Call, April 26, 2023) The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted along party lines (11-10) Wednesday to advance Julie Su’s nomination to be Labor secretary, with several senators’ floor votes still in question. Full story: Roll...
