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CPKC: ‘Final Spike Steam Tour’ Set for April 2024

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on April 14, 2024, will mark the first anniversary of its creation with the launch of its Final Spike Steam Tour. The 2816 Empress steam locomotive, hauling

NextDecade Announces FID for Rio Grande LNG Phase 1

Texas-based energy company NextDecade Corporation (NextDecade) on July 12 announced that it has made a positive final investment decision (FID) for Phase 1 of its proposed Rio Grande liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, which consists of the construction of the first three liquefication trains, to be built at the Port of Brownsville.

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B.C. Ports Labor Dispute Drags On (UPDATED July 12)

While the U.S. West Coast ports labor dispute last month reached a point where a tentative labor agreement could be reached, there’s as yet no sign of any such breakthrough in Canada’s ongoing

(Chuck Russell Photograph Courtesy of Golf Canada)

CPKC Extending Sponsorship of CPKC Women’s Open

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) is extending its title sponsorship of the CPKC Women’s Open for up to four more years, the Class I railroad and Golf Canada reported July 10.

On July 6, Metra Board Chair Romayne C. Brown and CEO/Executive Director Jim Derwinski joined Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Rockford, Ill., elected officials to announce that the commuter railroad will operate state-supported passenger rail service to Rockford starting in late 2027. (Photograph and Caption Details Courtesy of Metra, via Twitter)

Chicago-Rockford Passenger Rail Service Returns

Partners Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Metra and Union Pacific (UP) will restore Chicago-Rockford, Ill., passenger rail service in late 2027. The Rebuild Illinois* capital plan includes $275 million for the project,

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CN, CP, STM Among ‘Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada’

Three railway companies have earned spots on the Corporate Knights Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada list for 2023: CN, Canadian Pacific (now Canadian Pacific Kansas City through the April 14 merger

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First Look: CPKC’s New Livery Design

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) introduced June 28, via a LinkedIn post, its new livery design. “An inspiring blend of past and present,” the winning livery, CPKC says, “captures the essence of

CPKC: Investor Day Highlights; New CSX/G&W Agreement

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on Investor Day, June 28, announced a new joint service agreement with CSX and involving Genesee & Wyoming that will create a direct CPKC-CSX interchange connection in Alabama and a corridor linking Mexico, Texas and the U.S. Southeast. At Investor Day, the transnational issued new multi-year guidance and “unveiled the next chapter in its long-term growth strategy as the only single-line railroad that connects a continent.”

Watch: 2816 Passes Boiler Test

Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 2816, the Empress, has successfully completed a stationary steam test, moving another step closer to its transnational Canada-U.S.-Mexico voyage this summer to celebrate formation of CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas

National Steel Car 5,431cf three-pocket, high-capacity grain hopper. (National Steel Car photo)

Richardson to Expand Eight Elevators on CPKC Network

Richardson International Limited (Richardson) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) announced June 26 that the agribusiness plans to expand eight CPKC-served elevators in Western Canada, allowing future trains to be moved from

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