An eastbound Canadian rolls through northern Ontario near Sioux Lookout on Oct. 15, 2018. The westbound Canadian arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, some 27 hours late on Monday, delaying the return trip until Tuesday. Bob Johnston VANCOUVER, British Columbia —Mechanical issues, not Canadian National dispatching decisions, caused VIA Rail Canada’s transcontinental flagship Canadian to finally […]
Canadian grain hoppers move through the Columbia Gorge in Oregon on Union Pacific in June 2018. In the wake of the recent Canadian National Railway strike, grain farmers in Canada want rail deliveries declared an essential service, which would bar employee strikes. TRAINS: David Lassen CALGARY — Nearly three weeks after a strike against Canadian […]
Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern will haul unit trains of heavy crude oil bitumen from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast for the next decade under a deal with a trio of energy companies. The move, the first of its kind, is significant because it should allow railroads to participate in Canadian oil on […]
Keith Creel, Canadian Pacific CEO Canadian Pacific PALM BEACH, Fla. — Piece by piece, Canadian Pacific wants to reacquire routes it cast off east of Montreal two decades ago. In November, CP said it would acquire the 401-mile Central Maine & Quebec, a deal that includes former CP trackage from Montreal to Maine and a […]
Passengers aboard the eastbound Canadian take a break at Sioux Lookout, Ont., on Oct. 15, 2018. Bob Johnston WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Before the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference representing CN engineers announced a tentative settlement with the railroad on Tuesday, the westbound Canadian that left Toronto on Nov. 24, spent 14 hours and 15 minutes waiting […]
NEW YORK — Canadian Pacific will upgrade Central Maine & Quebec trackage so that the route linking Montreal and Atlantic ports can handle premium intermodal and automotive traffic, Chief Marketing Officer John Brooks told the RailTrends 2019 conference on Friday. CP announced this week that it will acquire the CM&Q from Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure […]
MONTREAL — As the strike against the Canadian National Railway continues for a third day, industry groups across Canada are warning the work stoppage is having a major impact on the economy. A vehicle processing and transshipment company in Nova Scotia is warning its employees that it will begin laying people off next week if […]
A Canadian Pacific train passes through Deerfield, Ill., in November 2018. CP reported record financial results but slightly lowered its volume expectations as part of its quarterly earnings report. TRAINS: David Lassen CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific reported record third-quarter financial results on Wednesday, as traffic was up slightly and the railway set records for key […]
An hour early, westbound Canadian No. 1 approaches Kamloops, B.C., on Sept. 7, 2019. Russ Grycan A VIA Rail Canada crew member prepares to unload baggage from eastbound train No. 2 at Melville, Sask., on Oct. 14, 2018. Bob Johnston VANCOUVER, British Columbia — VIA Rail Canada will again run only two Canadian round trips […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National and Canadian Pacific see signs that the economy is slowing but are sticking to their financial targets for this year as their traffic growth moderates. Canadian rail traffic has been much stronger than U.S. volume this year, but growth is weakening and crude oil traffic, while up, did not materialize as […]
Kyle Mulligan, Canadian Pacific chief engineer Canadian Pacific Kyle Mulligan never planned on being a railroader. Mulligan graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, in 2009 with a master’s degree in biomedical engineering where his thesis focused on figuring out what sounds electronic stethoscopes could detect from the lungs. While in school he also worked […]
Canadian Pacific SD70ACU No. 7003 sits in Dubuque, Iowa, on Aug. 17 waiting to be picked up by a northbound train. Chris Guss DUBUQUE, Iowa – Canadian Pacific has received its first group of rebuilt SD70ACU locomotives from Progress Rail. CP Nos. 7000-7003 were picked up in Paducah, Ky., by Canadian National last week and […]
