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CP responds to letter from Illinois Congressional delegation

(Source: CP Rail press release, December 17, 2015) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific announced it has sent a response to those members of the Illinois delegation who signed a letter to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) dated December 14, 2015. Below is the full...

Regulations, doubts and concerns may thwart railway mergers

(Source: New York Times, December 20, 2015) NEW YORK — When it comes to railroad consolidation, most opponents hark back to the mid-1990s, when a series of mergers at the time were blamed for lost cargo, derailments, death and billions of dollars lost by businesses...

Will rail industry go from 7 Class I railroads to 4?

(Source: Railway Age, December 17, 2015) NEW YORK — According to Cowen and Company Managing Director and Railway Age Wall Street Contributing Editor Jason Seidl, “The addition of a contingent value right (CVR) is Canadian Pacific’s way of providing Norfolk Southern...

Many possible pitfalls await CP Rail’s merger bid

(Source: Reuters, December 17, 2015) CHICAGO — Canadian Pacific Railway’s $27 billion bid for Norfolk Southern Corp risks coming unstuck due to regulatory scrutiny of its impact on the U.S. rail market, in particular the possibility it could spark competition-crushing...

CP Rail will seek other merger partner if NS rebuffs bid

(Source: Globe and Mail, December 16, 2015) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. will seek a merger with another railway if Norfolk Southern Corp. shareholders don’t push the company to discuss a merger, warns Bill Ackman, a CP board member and head of the...

NS will ‘carefully consider’ CP Rail’s latest offer

(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, December 16, 2015) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today confirmed that the Company’s board of directors will carefully consider the publicly disclosed, revised proposal from Canadian Pacific with the...