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CP Rail, TCRC at odds over worker fatigue

(Source: Calgary Herald, November 9, 2016) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway is butting heads with one of its unions over its workplace fatigue practices, saying its efforts to bring predictable schedules and mandatory time-off periods to employees are being...

CP Rail says October grain shipments set record

(Source: Canadian Press, November 7, 2016) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific says it moved more Western Canadian grain in October from the Prairies to Vancouver than in any other previous single month. Full story: The Chronicle Herald

Farmers not shedding many tears for CP Rail

(Source: The Western Producer, October 27, 2016) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway says its third quarter revenues are down, and one of the main reasons cited by chief executive officer Hunter Harrison is slower than expected grain movement this fall. Interestingly,...

Norfolk Southern didn’t need Bill Ackman

(Source: Bloomberg, October 26, 2016) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern was right: It didn’t need Bill Ackman’s help. It’s been about a year since the $27 billion railroad found itself on the receiving end of Canadian Pacific’s takeover advances,...

CP ‘scorecard’ to monitor grain-hauling performance

(Source: Calgary Herald, October 19, 2016) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific Railway has launched an online “scorecard” to publicly grade itself on its grain-hauling performance, and help keep it and other supply chain partners accountable to farmers this harvest...

CP Rail, Union Pacific heading in opposite directions

(Source: Financial Post, October 21, 2016) OTTAWA — Union Pacific Corp. was slapped with a downgrade as a result of falling pricing trends, but railroad peer Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. received a vote of confidence. Full story: Financial Post