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KCS to announce Q3 2021 results on October 19

(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, September 28, 2021) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) will release its third quarter 2021 financial results on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. KCS will...

U.S. chems concerned as CP wins fight for KCS

(Source: www.icis.com, September 24, 2021) HOUSTON — The US chemical industry is watching closely as the railroad sector is set to further consolidate with the pending merger between rail carriers Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS), two directors at...

Fund manager backs CN’s board, questions TCI’s motives

(Source: Bloomberg News, September 23, 2021) NEW YORK — The head of Quebec’s largest fund manager is backing the board and management of Canadian National Railway Co. in their fight against an unhappy shareholder, saying they were right to attempt a takeover of Kansas...

CP CEO Creel talks historic KCS merger, CPKC name, operations

(Source: Trains Magazine, September 20, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel – who last week won a hard-fought, four month merger battle to acquire Kansas City Southern – is fully aware that the first Class I railroad combination in two decades is...

CN to cut 1,000 jobs as part of new strategic plan

(Source: Railway Age, September 21, 2021) NEW YORK — A few days after throwing in the towel on its attempted merger with Kansas City Southern, and facing a board and management reorganization forced by activist investor and “beneficial owner” TCI Fund Management Ltd.,...

North Dakota politicians celebrate CP-KCS agreement

(Source: Devils Lake Journal, September 21, 2021) BISMARCK, N.D. — Following the announced merger between Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS), Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong were among the members...

CP-KCS a “powerful combination,” CP CEO says

(Source: Railway Age, September 17, 2021) NEW YORK — “I am elated for our CP family,” an understandably energized Canadian Pacific President and CEO Keith Creel told Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono the day after a joint call with analysts with his...

CN launches new strategic plan after failed bid for KCS

(Source: Canadian Press, September 17, 201) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. announced a new strategic plan on Friday as it looks to move past its failed bid for a U.S. railway and stave off criticism from an activist investor looking to make leadership...