CP, TCRC Complete New Collective Agreement
Canadian Pacific (CP) on Aug. 15 reported a new two-year collective agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC)-Train and Engine, following binding arbitration.
Canadian Pacific (CP) on Aug. 15 reported a new two-year collective agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC)-Train and Engine, following binding arbitration.
Nine years after the July 13, 2013 crude oil train runaway wreck at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec that claimed 47 lives and destroyed much of the village’s downtown, the Government of Canada and Transport Canada continue preliminary work on building a bypass rail line.
Since 2018, the Canadian government, through changes in Section 151.01(1) of Canada Transportation Act, has required Canada’s railroads to publish grain movement plans for the forthcoming crop year. Grain is crucial to Canada’s
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) potential impacts on the environment was issued Aug. 5 by the Surface Transportation Board (STB); comments are due by Sept. 26, 2022.
Here’s something probably not too many rail industry people know: The migration path of the Monarch Butterfly, recently declared an endangered species, closely follows the alignment of the combined north-south Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern networks, which (pending merger approval by the Surface Transportation Board) will in early 2023 merge to form CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City), North America’s first transnational freight railroad.
![“After a challenging first quarter of the year, I’m proud of the resiliency and discipline the CP team demonstrated to deliver these [second-quarter 2022 financial] results,” said Keith Creel, CP President and CEO, on July 28. Railway Age presented Creel and KCS President and CEO Patrick J. Ottensmeyer the 2022 Railroader of the Year Award.](https://www.old.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/LEAD-STORY-ART_20201209_CPRail_Mr.Creel_5412-315x168.jpg)
“The strong demand environment for North American goods and commodities, coupled with our own unique growth initiatives and the promising upcoming Canadian grain crop, gives me confidence that we will continue to see momentum build into the back half of 2022 and beyond,” Canadian Pacific (CP) President and CEO Keith Creel said during a second-quarter 2022 financial report. After a “challenging” first quarter, he noted the Class I railroad saw a sequential improvement in operating ratio—more than 1,000 basis points despite a fuel headwind—and in operating performance.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) announced on July 27 that it has named Norfolk Southern (NS) Director of Fuel Efficiency Jamie Helmer as recipient of the 2022 John H. Chafee Environmental
A perhaps little-known bit of railroad trivia is that, according to a reliable industry source, Illinois Senator and Majority Whip Dick Durbin held the late E. Hunter Harrison in extreme contempt (that’s a polite way of saying “hated”), and the feeling was mutual.
BNSF this year awarded college scholarships to 49 children of employees or retirees. Also, Canadian Pacific (CP) is expanding its workforce in Revelstoke, British Columbia.
Transport Canada on July 25 announced new measures to improve rail safety. They address recommendations that the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released following Canadian Pacific’s (CP) Feb. 4, 2019, train derailment near Field, British Columbia. Targeted audits of CP will also be launched to assess the effectiveness of its safety management systems and training regime.