July 21, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, July 19, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board has been receiving testimony on the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern — and it’s been an earful. Full story: Freight Waves
July 20, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 15, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern — responding to critics, skeptics, and opponents — told federal regulators this week that their proposed merger is in the public interest and should be approved. Full...
July 20, 2022 | Amtrak, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, July 14, 2022) NEW YORK — Amtrak is calling on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to deny CN’s conditions to the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger because they do “not satisfy the Board’s ‘operationally feasible’ requirement” and...
July 20, 2022 | BNSF, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Projected traffic increases from the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger will put the critical Houston terminal into gridlock, BNSF Railway has warned federal regulators this week, citing a new...
July 8, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Television station WQAD, July 7, 2022) BETTENDORF, Iowa — During its Tuesday, July 5 meeting, the Bettendorf City Council voted to approve the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroad companies. As a result of the merger, freight train...
July 5, 2022 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, July 5, 2022) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on July 1 accepted for consideration responsive applications by CN and Norfolk Southern (NS) regarding the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, which is under STB review and...
July 5, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Daily Herald, July 2, 2022) CHICAGO — Federal lawmakers have stayed on the sidelines regarding the regional impact of a white-hot proposal to combine two major freight railroads, but that’s changing. Full story: Daily Herald
June 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Ports, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three of the Federal Maritime Commission’s five members have urged the Surface Transportation Board to reject the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, saying the deal would hurt U.S. ports....
June 23, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 22, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bartlett Grain Co., which opened a grain loading facility on KCS in Jacksonville, Ill., in 2013, says a divestiture to CN would end the single-line service it currently enjoys for grain shipments to Mexico....
June 16, 2022 | Commuter Rail, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The impact of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger on Metra commuter operations is even worse than initially thought, the Chicago area commuter railroad has told federal regulators. Full story:...
