January 12, 2024 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Reuters, January 10, 2024) Mexico’s antitrust authority said on Wednesday it was investigating the country’s freight rail transportation market amid government plans to build out railway infrastructure. Mexico’s rail sector, which moves a...
January 5, 2024 | AAR Freight Trends, CPKC, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, January 4, 2024) Canadian Pacific Kansas City was the only Class I railroad that was able to eke out higher volume last year. CPKC’s traffic was up a scant 0.1% in 2023, which was a down year for North American freight volume. The other five Class...
December 28, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 27, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s 2023 Holiday Train program raised a record $1.8 million and collected more than 160,000 pounds of food for local food banks and food programs in the United States and Canada over...
December 12, 2023 | CPKC, News
The CPKC Holiday Train tours Canada and the United States each year, raising money, food, and awareness for the important work that food banks do in their communities. Professional musicians play free concerts from the brightly decorated train’s stage. CPKC makes a...
November 22, 2023 | Commuter Rail, CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Associated Press, November 20, 2023) Mexico’s government issued a decree Monday that will force private freight railway lines to give preference to passenger train service over their normal freight runs. The decree gives the two main private concessionary...
November 21, 2023 | CPKC, CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, November 21, 2023) Some attendees at a rail industry conference were cautiously optimistic that bad years may be behind the industry. There was also concern over whether or not growth will emerge. Full story: Freight Waves
November 21, 2023 | Commuter Rail, CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Trains.com, November 17, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City says it has agreed to study passenger service on part of its freight network in Mexico, and is reviewing a draft decree by the Mexican government regarding passenger train operations. Full story:...
November 9, 2023 | Commuter Rail, CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Associated Press, November 8, 2023) Mexico’s president announced Wednesday that he will require private rail companies that mostly carry freight to offer passenger service or else have the government schedule its own trains on their tracks. President Andrés...
November 6, 2023 | CPKC, CSX, Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Trains.com, November 3, 2023) Federal regulators have accepted the applications Canadian Pacific Kansas City and CSX Transportation have filed seeking permission to acquire and operate Genesee & Wyoming short line Meridian & Bigbee. The supplemental...
November 1, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Reuters, October 27, 2023) Rail company Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) has temporarily held back rail cars containing fuel and petrochemicals bound from Texas to Mexico following Mexico’s restrictions for oil imports in a move to fight smuggling,...
