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STB denies UP and NS requests to probe CPKC service on the Meridian Speedway

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Friday denied requests from Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific to open an investigation into Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s handling of UP-NS interline intermodal ...
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Railroads and shippers weigh in on STB’s plan to boost rail competition

Shippers this week cheered the Surface Transportation Board’s proposal to boost rail competition, while railroads offered a range of nuanced responses to limit how future rate cases should be ...
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CPKC sets grain-hauling record for second straight month

Canadian Pacific Kansas City said today it has broken its February monthly record for transporting Canadian grain and grain products, moving 2.232 million metric tonnes last month. The prior record ...
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CPKC becomes first Class I to unveil America 250 locomotive

Canadian Pacific Kansas City took the wraps off its America 250 locomotive today, becoming the first Class I railroad to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial with a specially painted locomotive. “This ...
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Failure of rail joint likely caused 2020 Canadian Pacific oil train derailment and fire, TSB says

Breached tank cars burn some 7 hours after the derailment of a Canadian Pacific oil train on Feb. 6, 2020. Humboldt, Sask., Fire Department via TSB WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Failure of a plug rail joint, ...
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Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816 to pull public excursion

Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816 and the Final Spike Steam Tour train are captured south of Pasqua, Saskatchewan, on April 29, 2024. Andrew Meinzer SILVIS, Ill. — Railroading Heritage of Midwest ...
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Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816 and the enduring appeal of Canadian steam

Eastbound Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816 splits the signals at Elm Grove, Wis., on May 6, 2024. Kevin P. Keefe photo With sunny skies and warm temperatures, there was only thing to do around ...
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Broken rail led to 2019 Canadian Pacific oil train derailment and fire, TSB says

Train’s speed, while in accordance with rules at the time, contributed to severity of incident, according to final accident report The site of the derailment in Guernsey, Saskatchewan, on Dec. 9, 2019 ...
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Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816 undergoes stationary steam test

Members of the CPKC steam crew peer into the firebox of Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816. CPKC CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816 underwent a stationary steam test last week as part of ...
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Overhaul of Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816 nearing completion, CPKC says

The Hudson is being prepped for trip across North America this summer in celebration of Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816 rolls along the Brooks Subdivision ...
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Union Pacific challenges STB’s Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger decision

Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern officially tied the knot on April 14, 2023. CPKC WASHINGTON – Union Pacific has asked a federal court to overturn the Surface Transportation Board’s approval ...
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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 ...