October 27, 2022 | Amtrak, CP, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 25, 2022) Canadian Pacific has agreed to back Amtrak’s efforts to work with other states and stakeholders on its plan to expand and enhance intercity passenger-rail service in several locations, according...
October 26, 2022 | BNSF, CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, October 25, 2022) Union Pacific has taken issue with a video that Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern showed federal regulators of a KCS grain train “breezing through Houston.” UP says the video painted an incomplete picture that...
October 19, 2022 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, October 12, 2022) CALGARY — The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train will return to the rails this season on its first cross-continent tour in three years, following virtual concerts in the pandemic years of 2020 and...
October 5, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, October 4, 2022) Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern will make their closing arguments for their merger on Thursday, the sixth and final day of Surface Transportation Board hearings on the first Class I railroad combination in two...
October 5, 2022 | Canada, CN, CP, Headlines, PSR, Shippers
(Source: Bloomberg, October 4, 2022) The world sorely needs more grains, and Canada has a bin-busting harvest this year. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough rail cars to transport it all. There were almost 2,400 outstanding grain-car orders for the nation’s two major...
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 7, 2022 | CP, Headlines, KCS, Mexico
(Source: Railway Age, September 6, 2022) Construction is expected to start in October or November on a second Kansas City Southern international rail bridge at the U.S./Mexico border connecting the border cities of Laredo, Tex. and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Full story:...
August 29, 2022 | CP, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Freight Waves, August 28, 2022) Kansas City Southern is set to begin construction on a second international rail bridge at the Laredo, Texas-Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, border crossing. Construction is scheduled to begin in October or November and expected to be...
August 16, 2022 | Contract Agreement, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, August 15, 2022) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today announced a new two-year collective agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) – Train and Engine following binding arbitration. The new...
August 2, 2022 | Canada, CN, CP, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Transport Canada
(Source: Freight Waves, July 28, 2022) Transport Canada is now requiring railway companies to submit winter operating plans for their equipment, including how the railways will manage the maintenance of air brakes in very cold temperatures, as part of a broader effort...
