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CP Rail details financial impact of flooding

(Reuters circulated the following on June 30, 2010.) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) said on Tuesday this month’s closure of its main transcontinental line due to flooding on Canada’s Prairies could reduce its quarterly earnings by 10...

CN under fire for using CP managers on track rerouting

(The following story by David Finlayson appeared on the Edmonton Journal website on June 29, 2010.) EDMONTON — CN says there is no safety issue with CP management acting as pilots on trains rerouted to CN tracks between Edmonton and Biggar, Sask. The Teamsters Canada...

CP Rail expects all of flood-hit rail track opened Tuesday

(Reuters circulated the following on June 28, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) expects on Tuesday to reopen the last section of its transcontinental line in southeastern Alberta, which was shut down by flooding 10 days ago, a company...

CP Rail says Canada traffic delayed by floods

(Reuters circulated the following on June 22, 2010.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) is rerouting freight traffic, some via other carriers, after flooding on the Canadian Prairies damaged its transcontinental line, a spokesman said on Tuesday....

Group starts push for new rail tunnel

Official says cargo route under Detroit River is expected in 5 years (The following story by Matt Helms appeared on the Bloomberg Businessweek website on June 18, 2010.) DETROIT, Mich. — A public-private partnership in Ontario said it has set in motion plans to build...

CP train collides with truck near Winnipeg

(The following story appeared on the CBC News website on June 15, 2010.) A home was evacuated and a man sent to hospital after a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train and garbage truck collided south of Winnipeg. The crash happened just after 7 a.m. CT Monday at an...