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CP Rail operating profit down as traffic slows

(Reuters circulated the following on October 27, 2009.) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) reported a 22 percent drop in its third-quarter operating profit on Tuesday, as cost control measures failed to fully offset the impact of lower traffic volumes. The...

CP Rail Holiday Train to pass through Dakotas

(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 2, 2009.) BISMARCK, N.D. — A Canadian Pacific Railway holiday train is passing through North Dakota again this year, and through part of South Dakota for the first time. The railroad’s holiday trains...

CP Rail clerical workers ratify three-year labor deal

(Reuters circulated the following on September 30, 2009.) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway (CP.TO) said on Wednesday that its clerical workers ratified a three-year labor agreement. The country’s second-biggest railway said the agreement, which was reached in...

CP looks at new $400M rail tunnel to Detroit

(Canwest News Service circulated the following on September 28, 2009.) OTTAWA — Canadian Pacific Railway has been quietly advancing plans for a new $400-million rail tunnel under the Detroit River and will probably start digging two years from now. A construction...

Judge wants proof DM&E intended expansion project

(The following story by Andrea J. Cook appeared on the Rapid City Journal website on September 24, 2009.) RAPID CITY, S.D. — Claiming a rail line into Wyoming will not be built, a group of area landowners wants a circuit judge to tell the South Dakota Transportation...

CP Rail’s Holiday Train will brighten city’s Christmas

(The following story by Chuck Sterling appeared on the Annandale Advocate website on September 22, 2009.) ANNANDALE, Minn. — The Canadian Pacific Railway’s lavishly lighted Holiday Train will return to Annandale the week before Christmas. The popular train will...

Editorial: DM&E was right to drop Wyoming lawsuit

(The following editorial appeared on the Star-Tribune website on September 1, 2009.) CASPER, Wyo. — The new owners of the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad have taken the right action by dropping its ill-advised condemnation lawsuit against 19 landowners in...