March 3, 2023 | Contract Agreement, CP-KCS Merger, News, STB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 3 — BLET members today ratified an implementing agreement with the Kansas City Southern (KCS) and Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroads. The agreement will only become effective should the Surface Transportation Board (STB)...
March 3, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 1, 2023) Canadian Pacific has asked federal regulators to approve the appointment of former Federal Railroad Administration administrator and longtime railroad executive Ron Batory as trustee of the CP-Kansas City Southern voting trust....
March 2, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, March 1, 2023) The U.S. Surface Transportation Board is expected to rule on the largest railroad merger in a generation in the coming days and weeks. Exactly when, though, is unknown. Full story: Railfan & Railroad...
February 8, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, CP-KCS Merger, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 8 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached a tentative implementing agreement with the Kansas City Southern (KCS) and Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroads. Ballots were mailed earlier today,...
February 6, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, February 1, 2023) Canadian Pacific officials are upbeat about what 2023 might bring for the railway, with U.S. regulators poised to move soon on CP’s request to merge with Kansas City Southern. Full story: Freight Waves
February 1, 2023 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Canadian Press, January 31, 2023) In a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter financial results, CP’s CEO Keith Creel said the Calgary-headquartered railway is in growth mode as it awaits a decision by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board. During...
February 1, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, January 31, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board on Jan. 27 completed a final, critical (and very lengthy) step in its consideration of the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger to form CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City), North...
January 31, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, January 30, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis upheld its conclusion that increased railroad noise levels in some communities would be the greatest environmental impact resulting from the merger between...
January 30, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 27, 2023) The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger would cause few adverse environmental impacts aside from increased train noise in some locations, the Surface Transportation Board said in its final environmental impact...
January 30, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 27, 2023) As part of their merger, Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern will work with a group of Chicago-area communities on voluntary measures to address traffic concerns in those communities, the railroads say in the final...
