March 11, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Quad Cities National Public Radio, March 8, 2022) DUBUQUE, Iowa — Canadian Pacific railroad officials have started talking with Mississippi River cities in Iowa to discuss its proposed merger with Kansas City Southern. Full story:...
March 11, 2022 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 10, 2022) The Wisconsin and Minnesota departments of transportation yesterday announced a $31.8 million federal grant to fund station and rail segment improvements aimed at doubling passenger-rail service and increasing freight...
March 10, 2022 | AFL-CIO, BNSF, Headlines, SMART-TD, TTD
(Source: Associated Press, March 8, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — The unions that represent roughly half of BNSF’s workers continue to fight against the railroad’s new attendance rules that they say penalizes them for missing work for any reason even though a judge...
March 10, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 9, 2022) NEW YORK — For the week ending March 5, 2022, U.S. rail traffic came in at 505,177 carloads and intermodal units, dipping 1.9% from the same week last year, based on 238,870 carloads—up 2.8% from 2021—and intermodal volume of...
March 10, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, KCS, Mexico
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, March 8, 2022) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today announced that, working with Kansas City Southern (“KCS”) on an interline basis, it has successfully launched the first dedicated international...
