June 25, 2014 | BNSF, CP, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, June 24, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A backlog of grain shipments across the Great Plains has been reduced but not eliminated, so U.S. regulators are requiring BNSF and Canadian Pacific railroads to provide weekly updates on their efforts to...
June 9, 2014 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Detroit News, June 9, 2014) LANSING, Mich. — A transportation budget awaiting the Legislature’s final approval would dedicate $10 million toward construction of a Detroit River rail tunnel between Detroit and Windsor in a bid to stop losing freight traffic,...
June 3, 2014 | CP, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, June 2, 2014) LINCOLN, Neb. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc., a publicly traded short-line railroad company, announced that its new subsidiary Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad Inc. completed the acquisition of the west end of the...
May 23, 2014 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Edmonton Journal, May 23, 2014) EDMONTON, Alberta — The chief of Canada’s largest railway says its main line accident rates have dropped sharply over the past decade, but it will push ahead with plans to improve safety. Full story: Edmonton...
May 15, 2014 | BNSF, CP, Headlines
(Source: USA Today, May 14, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — South Dakota lawmakers say BNSF and Canadian Pacific need to do more to restore service back to normal for area shippers, with the state’s lone Democrat in Washington pushing the regulatory body overseeing the...
May 15, 2014 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Revelstoke Times Review, May 14, 2014) REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Ask any railroader in town their opinion on Hunter Harrison and you’ll almost certainly hear a string of expletives surrounding his name. When Harrison was appointed and company-wide layoffs were...
May 13, 2014 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, May 12, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. — Canadian Pacific Railway will be fined $5,000 — the maximum under state law — after four tank cars carrying Bakken crude oil from North Dakota derailed at 4:30 a.m. Monday in the railroad’s Kenwood Rail...
May 9, 2014 | CP, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Rapid City Journal, May 9, 2014) RAPID CITY, S.D. — Rapid City will be headquarters of the former DM&E Railroad operations as soon as June 1, according to the general manager for the new Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad. Full story: Rapid City...
May 7, 2014 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Press, May 6, 2014) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said Wednesday that chief executive Hunter Harrison has agreed to a one-year contract extension that will keep him at the railway until 2017. Full story: Globe and...
May 6, 2014 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, May 1, 2014) TORONTO — Two years after taking control of Canadian Pacific Railway, chief executive Hunter Harrison said his aggressive overhaul of the former industry laggard will soon hit pay dirt, with its transformation into North America’s most...
