February 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 22, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) late last week issued the final scope of study for the environmental impact statement the office is preparing for the merger...
February 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, February 23, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Eight Chicago suburbs are seeking to prevent the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern from happening, saying that the additional traffic coming from the merger would create more...
February 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network, February 22, 2022) DES MOINES, Iowa — With the pending merger of the Canadian Pacific (CP) and the Kansas City Southern (KCS) Railroads, former Senator Byron Dorgan finally feels like there is a benefit to the agriculture...
February 22, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, February 21, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Surface Transportation Board can’t yet determine whether proposed remedies sought by BNSF and CN over potential operational impacts stemming from the Canadian Pacific–Kansas City Southern merger would...
February 9, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, February 8, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Labor availability is the key issue that needs to be addressed in order to restore fluidity in the supply chain, Union Pacific CFO Jennifer Hamann said at a Stifel investor conference on Tuesday. Full...
February 9, 2022 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 8, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian National is making a bold claim: It will take more trucks off the highway than what’s projected for the entire Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger if regulators force divestiture of the...
February 8, 2022 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 7, 2022) The back-and-forth between CN and Canadian Pacific over the latter’s application for approval of its acquisition of Kansas City Southern is continuing, according to documents filed in recent days with the Surface...
February 8, 2022 | Amtrak, CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Amtrak regulatory filing supporting Canadian Pacific’s bid to merge with Kansas City Southern provides a roadmap of what the two parties say is needed for passenger service to begin on new routes, or...
February 4, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Missouri Times opinion column by Bob Gallagher, February 3, 2022. Mr. Gallagher is mayor of Bettendorf, Iowa.) BETTENDORF, Iowa — Last year, Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced one such deal — a merger that would create the first...
January 31, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Freight Waves, January 28, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Although refined products volumes to Mexico have been curtailed by a government crackdown on companies seeking to avoid paying taxes, Kansas City Southern still expects growth opportunities for shipping...
