WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A major Winnipeg street has been reopened after being closed by the derailment Friday of a CPKC train. Global News reports Winnipeg police announced the reopening of McPhillips Street with a Twitter post at 2:02 a.m. Saturday, after previously saying the street could be closed for several days. The CBC reported the […]
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CPKC to handle Schneider’s cross-border intermodal shipments between the Midwest and Mexico
CALGARY, Alberta – CPKC has landed a multi-year contract to handle Schneider National’s intermodal traffic between the U.S. and Mexico. The announcement today – which comes just a week after the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern combination became effective – backs up pre-merger projections that CPKC’s single-line service would enable it to compete in the Chicago-Mexico […]
Fire chief calls it a ‘miracle’ crew in Maine derailment wasn’t more seriously injured
ROCKWOOD, Maine — A fire chief involved in the response of Saturday’s CPKC derailment in a remote area of northern Maine says it was an ‘absolute miracle’ the three crew members were not more seriously injured. The three crew members were reported to have suffered minor injuries in a derailment and fire involving three locomotives […]
Three hurt as CPKC train derails in Maine
ROCKWOOD, Maine — Three crew members were reported to have suffered minor injuries after a CPKC freight train derailed and caught fire early today (Saturday, April 15) apparently as a result of a track washout, Reuters reports. Maine’s Forest Service said three locomotives and six railcars carrying lumber and electrical wiring derailed north of Rockwood, […]
CPKC unveils new logo on first day as a merged system
Canadian Pacific Kansas City, the first railroad to link Canada, the U.S., and Mexico, made its debut today and unveiled its new logo and website. Officials from Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern will celebrate the historic merger at a final spike ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Knoche Yard in Kansas City, Mo., […]
Canadian Pacific Kansas City eyes April 14 start date
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific will waste no time officially combining with Kansas City Southern. CP said today that it will create Canadian Pacific Kansas City on April 14, the earliest date CP could take control of KCS under the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the $31 billion merger. “Under the leadership of the exceptional […]
Canadian Pacific in the Rocky Mountains
Even as news of the impending mega-merger of CP and KCS operations continues to break, the rails through the Canadian Rockies remain active. Although the paint schemes routing this transcontinental main line are subject to change, the challenge of traversing one of the globe’s most sensational mountain passes will always remain. Catch a glimpse of […]
STB chairman says Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger will improve rail safety
WASHINGTON — With Norfolk Southern’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, heightening public concern about rail safety, federal regulators went out of their way on Wednesday to explain that their approval of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger would help keep trackside communities safe. “We are well aware of the very real and legitimate […]
CPKC’s first new trains will handle cross-border perishables shipments
NEW YORK — The first new Canadian Pacific Kansas City trains will be a pair of hotshots that link Chicago with Texas and Mexico City, hauling Midwestern meat southbound and Mexican-grown fruits and vegetables northbound. CPKC can begin offering single-line service as early as April 14, the date that Canadian Pacific will gain control of […]