Greg Squires Canadian Pacific website Tracy L. Miller Canadian Pacific website CALGARY, Alberta — Mark Redd will succeed Robert Johnson as Canadian Pacific’s executive vice president in charge of operations next month, the railway announced this week as part of broader changes to its operating team. Johnson, a BNSF Railway veteran who joined CP in […]
The ‘Canadian’ pauses at Collins, Ontario, in October 2018. Bob Johnston HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – An extraordinary five-part package of reports provides the most detailed examination yet of how Canadian National’s erratic handling of VIA Rail Canada’s Canadian has damaged the train’s ability to provide meaningful transportation across Canada. The reports were prepared by University […]
Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Pre-production sample shown. HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Pre-production sample shown. Union Pacific (George Bush 41 Presidential Library and Museum). One road number (2018 version with black radiator fan housings). Removable cab roof secured with magnets, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and commemorative box. […]
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific reported record quarterly earnings and revenue today as the railway carried record volumes and led the industry in traffic growth. CP’s operating income jumped 31%, to $822 million, as revenue surged 13%, to nearly $2 billion. CP reported earnings per share, adjusted for one-time items, of $4.36, a 36% increase […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (“Powered by our people” scheme). One road number. Light-emitting-diode headlights and front and rear ditch lights, removable cab roof secured with magnets, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $339.98. December […]
Canadian Pacific was the clear winner in second quarter traffic growth among the big six Class I railroad systems. CP carried 6% more carloads in the quarter, led by double-digit gains in its potash, forest products, and energy, chemicals and plastics business segments. The only CP traffic segments not to grow were coal, which was […]
Norfolk Southern train Q071, a CN detour, rolls west at Northeast, Pa. Stephan M. Koenig PORT HURON — In the wake of Friday’s derailment of Canadian National train 383 at the international St. Clair Tunnel, CN began rerouting trains almost immediately following the closure of one of its most important gateways. Canadian Pacific has been […]
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific was named Best Logistics Service Provider, Rail, at the Asian Freight Logistics and Supply Chain Awards held earlier this week in Hong Kong. CP was the only North American railroad nominated for the award. Customers provide the nominations. “Canadian Pacific is honored to be recognized by our customers with this award,” […]
The westbound Canadian is 68 minutes early as it arrives in Kamloops, B.C., on May 11, 2019. Russ Grycan VANCOUVER, British Columbia — VIA Rail Canada’s revised schedule for its trancontinental Canadian is meeting with mixed success. In lengthening and adjusting the schedule at the end of April [see “VIA’s summer shuffle,” July TRAINS], VIA […]
CP CEO Keith Creel Canadian Pacific BOSTON — Shippers will eventually rally behind Precision Scheduled Railroading, Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel says, which could one day lead to a merger of two like-minded Class I systems. “Right now there’s pushback with PSR because customers don’t understand it. Change is always scary. Some railroads have done […]
Canadian National and Canadian Pacific both reported record volumes of grain traffic from Western Canada in April. TRAINS: David Lassen MONTREAL — Canadian National and Canadian Pacific say they moved record amounts of grain out of Western Canada in April. The Canadian Press reports that CN shipped 2.72 million tons of grain during the month, […]
Canadian Pacific’s twin Spiral Tunnels near Field, B.C., opened in 1909, reducing the grade to a maximum of 2.2 percent, compared with 4.4 percent before their opening. Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific President and CEO Keith Creel says the railroad is considering building a new siding on the Lagan Subdivision where trains can […]
