Americold’s Import-Export Hub groundbreaking ceremony at Port Saint John in New Brunswick, left to right: Jonathan Wahba, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, CPKC; Rob Chambers, President, Americold; Susan Holt, Premier of New Brunswick, Canada; Doug Smith, CEO, DP World Canada; Terry Wilson, President, International Longshoreman’s Association; Craig Bell Estabrooks, President and CEO of Port Saint John; and Donna Reardon, Mayor, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. (Photograph Courtesy Americold)

Watch: CPKC Joins Americold for Port Saint John Facility Groundbreaking

Americold Realty Trust (Americold) on May 29 broke ground at Port Saint John on its first Import-Export Hub to be built in Canada, a project it said will “leverage the maritime logistics capabilities of DP World and the rail logistics solutions of Canadian Pacific Kansas City” (CPKC).

CPKC Donates R-VACIS to CBP

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) is donating an R-VACIS (Rail Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System) Integrated Rail 6500 setup to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for a border security initiative

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Vive L’Alberta Libre?

Just days after Quebec voters chose that their province should remain part of Canada by a very narrow 54,000-vote margin in 1995, Canadian Pacific Railway announced it would move its head office

Cold Rush for CPKC

Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) tri-national network is paying off for communities fortunate enough to be within spur distance. Spanning Canada coast-to-coast and striking deep into Mexico makes the carrier an obvious

CPKC 1Q25: ‘Solid Demand, Precision Execution Resilient Network’

In reporting first-quarter 2025 results, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) said it is off to a “strong start,” but amended its 2025 earnings guidance based on “ongoing tariff and trade policy uncertainty.”

John Orr, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Norfolk Southern (NS Photograph)

Railway Age 2025 Readers’ Influential Leaders

Railway Age is pleased to present the sixth-annual “Readers’ Influential Leaders” program honorees.

CPKC Site Ready Program locations. (Image Courtesy of CPKC)

CPKC Brings On Line Nine New Certified Sites

The first nine locations on Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) North American network have been certified as “Site Ready” as part of a new program that the railroad said “transforms underutilized land

Darryl Perry, a CPKC locomotive engineer in Sparwood, B.C., Canada, is one of the 200-plus “CPKC Hypermilers” who the railroad said “use their ‘feel’ for a locomotive and in-depth local knowledge, coupled with fuel-efficient strategies, to operate trains safely while reducing excess fuel burn.” (Screen Grab from CPKC Video)

Class I Briefs: CSX, CSX/NS/UP, NS, CPKC

CSX inspires students at its second-annual Innovation Day. Also, CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), Union Pacific (UP) and The Greenbrier Companies rank on USA Today’s America’s Climate Leaders 2025 list; NS crews connect its main line to the future Scout Motors EV manufacturing plant in South Carolina; and Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) Hypermiler program helps locomotive engineers to use less fuel.

ST&T’s 30-member team has an “unwavering commitment to safety,” according to owner CPKC, and has increased output from 460,000 ties in 2022 to more than 700,000 in 2024. (Screen Grab from CPKC video)

ST&T Marks Safety Milestone

Vivian, La.-based Superior Tie and Timber (ST&T) has celebrated 2,500 days without an injury, according to owner Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC).

Brett Reynolds, CPKC’s 2025 Railroader of the Year. (Screen Grab from CPKC Video)

CPKC Earns Supplier of the Year Award, Presents Top Railroader Honor

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), recently designated as a General Motors (GM) 2025 Supplier of the Year, has honored Track Maintenance Foreman Brett Reynolds as its 2025 Railroader of the Year.

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