October 3, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Huffington Post column by Alexander C. Kaufman, October 1, 2022) Canadian Pacific is eying an even bigger prize — with a potential payoff from connecting Canada’s uniquely dirty oil fields to U.S. refineries on the Gulf of Mexico and creating what analysts...
September 30, 2022 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 29, 2022) Canadian National, which lost the battle for Kansas City Southern to rival Canadian Pacific last year, tried to plant seeds of doubt about the CP-KCS merger in lengthy testimony before federal regulators on Thursday. Full...
September 29, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 28, 2022) On Wednesday’s first day of public hearings regarding their proposed merger, Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern sought to blunt criticism of their $31 billion combination by preemptively addressing concerns raised...
September 29, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, September 27, 2022) While much of the focus on the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern has been on keeping cross-border gateways open to competing railroads, a Canadian attorney is asking whether there will be...
September 29, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Our Quad Cities, September 28, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board is holding hearings where, on Wednesday, former Davenport Mayor Bill Gluba spoke out against the CP-KCS merger. Full story: www.ourquadcities.com
September 7, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Surface Transportation Board press release, September 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) today issued a notice extending the deadline for public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact...
September 7, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Television station KWQC, September 6, 2022) LeCLAIRE, Iowa — LeClaire joined a growing list of Quad City Area governments approving settlements with Canadian Pacific on Tuesday. Full story: www.kwqc.com
August 31, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch, August 30, 2022) Critics of a proposed $31 billion merger between the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads are trying to marshal opposition in eastern Iowa, saying the deal would hurt the state and especially the...
August 29, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 26, 2022) The location of one of four in-person public meetings to comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger has been changed, the Surface Transportation Board has...
August 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Quad-City Times, August 23, 2022) CAMANCHE, Iowa — The city of Camanche, population 4,570 at the 2020 census, turned down a $200,000 offer from Canadian Pacific, which is asking for federal regulatory approval to merge with Kansas City Southern. Full story:...
