CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific Railway and Hapag-Lloyd have extended of their long-term agreement to the benefit of the international supply chain, the movement of cargo through the ports of Montreal and Vancouver, and the overall North American economy. “We are incredibly proud to continue to work with Hapag-Lloyd,” said Keith Creel, CP President and […]
Keith Creel, Canadian Pacific CEO Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — The Alberta government’s plan to open the province’s oil spigot by acquiring its own fleet of locomotives and tank cars raises more questions than it answers, Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel says. “I know that they have the best of intentions, but the reality, some […]
Isabelle Courville, CP Chairman-elect Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific has named Isabelle Courville to lead its board of directors beginning in May, when current Chairman Andrew Reardon will step down. “The board’s governance committee has been working closely with both Andy and Isabelle on a smooth transition. We are very proud to have […]
Check out the 2018 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train at Milwaukee with Trains‘ Editor Jim Wrinn! You’ll see the spectacle of the train arriving under the recently rebuilt train shed and the fabulous musical performers that travel with the train thanks to special access granted to Trains by Canadian Pacific. The train has gathered 4.3 million […]
Check out the 2018 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train at Milwaukee with Trains‘ Editor Jim Wrinn! You’ll see the spectacle of the train arriving under the recently rebuilt train shed and the fabulous musical performers that travel with the train thanks to special access granted to Trains by Canadian Pacific. The train has gathered 4.3 million […]
Keith Creel, Canadian Pacific CEO Canadian Pacific PALM BEACH, Fla. — Canadian Pacific will renew its locomotive fleet by continuing to rebuild stored high-horsepower AC-traction units in 2019 and 2020 before considering the purchase of new power, CEO Keith Creel says. “We’re not in the market at all for new locomotives,” Creel told an investor […]
Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific has developed a high-tech solution to a problem that has long bedeviled railroads: The feast or famine volume swings in intermodal traffic over the course of a week. Like most railroads, CP saw a flood of intermodal traffic arrive at its terminals Wednesday through Friday, with much lower […]
Name: CPR Montreal Terminals Division Layout owner: Ian Stronach Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11′-6″ x 22′-0″ Prototype: Canadian Pacific Ry., Montreal Terminals Division Locale: Montreal Era: September 1968 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 72 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 16″ (spur) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 5 (yards) Maximum grade: 21⁄2 percent Benchwork: […]
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — Progress Rail, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. today announced it has been chosen by Canadian Pacific to supply an order of 30 upgraded EMD SD70ACU locomotives — otherwise known as modernized versions of SD90MAC models. Once fully re-manufactured these freight locomotives will primarily serve in heavy haul applications. “Our customers […]
The former Southern Pacific dome passes Davenport Iowa on June 1, 2018, on Canadian Pacific train No. 475. Erik Rasmussen CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific has acquired a former Southern Pacific three-quarter-length dome car. Railroad spokesman Andy Cummings confirms the purchase to Trains News Wire. The car was purchased from Colorado’s Royal Gorge Route Railroad, […]
CHICAGO — Rising intermodal volumes in Chicago have prompted Canadian Pacific to revive its Schiller Park intermodal terminal for inbound loads. CP consolidated its Chicago intermodal operations at its terminal at Bensenville Yard in 2012. The former Soo Line facility at Schiller Park remained in use as a container storage yard, spokesman Andy Cummings says, […]
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific will discontinue its pioneering Expressway short-haul intermodal service on June 1, ending a nearly two-decade experiment of luring trucks off Highway 401 between Toronto and Montreal. From its launch in May 1999 as the successor to the Iron Highway concept developed by CSX Intermodal, the Expressway roll-on, roll-off trailer-on-flatcar trains […]
