For CP, a record first-quarter 2014

With net income of C$254 million or C$1.44 per diluted share, Canadian Pacific has posted “the best first quarter financial results in company history,” Chief Executive Officer E. Hunter Harrison announced April 21, 2014.

STB to review railroad service issues

The Surface Transportation Board announced Tuesday, April 1, 2014 that it will hold a public hearing on April 10 “to provide interested persons the opportunity to report on recent railroad service issues, review proposed solutions to existing service problems, and discuss additional options to improve service.”

CP on Canadian grain legislation: “Ineffective and grossly unfair”

Canadian Pacific on March 27, 2014 issued a strong response to the Canadian government’s decision to introduce legislation expanding already-regulated interswitching limits for grain movements.

Canada grain shippers, railways in a “cold” war

Clearing the autumn grain harvest from trackside elevators is a perennial occasion for ritual fist-shaking on the Canadian Prairies. Western Canadian farmers enjoy a long tradition of blaming the railways for their woes, even more than the weather. (A favorite national folk tale has a Prairie farmer stricken by hail and locusts cursing, “God damn the CPR.”)

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CP 4Q, full year set numerous records

Canadian Pacific said it set numerous records for both its fourth quarter and full-year 2013, and offered guidance suggesting continued improvement in 2014.

Savage expands crude oil logistics services in Western Canada

Savage, a provider of bundled supply chain management services for electric power generation, coal production, oil and gas, refining, agriculture, chemical, mining and manufacturing, has expanded its CBR (crude by rail) and truck transportation for crude oil services in Western Canada.

Morningstar names CP’s Harrison 2013 CEO of the Year

Independent investment research provider Morningstar, Inc. has named Canadian Pacific chief executive E. Hunter Harrison as its 2013 CEO of the Year. Morningstar annually recognizes a chief executive “who exhibits exemplary corporate stewardship, demonstrates independent thinking, creates lasting value for shareholders, and has put his or her stamp on an industry.”

CP to sell DM&E right-of-way to GWI

Canadian Pacific and Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., in a joint announcement Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, said they had “executed an agreement pursuant to which CP will sell the west end of its Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) line to G&W for continued rail operations.”

CP Holiday Train raises record funds

Canadian Pacific on Christmas Day, 2013, said it has “officially wrapped up its journey across Canada and the United States raising record donations for North American food banks.”

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