A Canadian Pacific stack train, with a few auto racks tacked onto the front end, passes through Wauwatosa, Wis., on Jan. 28, 2020. CP reported record results in its quarterly earnings call Wednesday. TRAINS: David Lassen Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel TRAINS: David Lassen CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific, the lone Class I railroad to […]
Keith Creel, Canadian Pacific CEO Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel is excited about his railway’s return to Eastern Canada with its $130 million acquisition of the 481-mile Central Maine & Quebec Railway. CP sold off its routes east of Montreal, including what became the CM&Q and J.D. Irving short lines […]
Your morning look at rail news headlines: — The Associated Press reports that Virginia’s House of Delegates is scheduled to vote next week on a transportation bill that includes creation of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, to oversee state rail operations. — As part of its efforts to find alternative funding, the Southeast Pennsylvania has […]
MONTREAL – Canadian National’s fourth quarter earnings declined sharply due to the impact of a nine-day conductor strike in Canada and weakening freight demand, the railway reported on Tuesday. The railway’s quarterly operating income declined 16%, to $1.2 billion, as revenue dipped 6%, to $3.6 billion. Earnings per share, adjusted for the impact of one-time […]
BNSF has completed the process of removing these locomotives, which derailed in a Jan. 1 accident, from an Idaho River. Idaho State Police A morning look at notable rail news: — BNSF Railway has completed the process of removing two locomotives from the Kootenai River in Idaho following a Jan. 1 derailment, KHQ TV reports. […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s profits and revenue fell in the fourth quarter amid broad traffic declines led by a 21% drop in coal volume, the railroad reported today. For the quarter, the railroad’s operating income declined 11%, to $962 million, as revenue fell 7%, to $2.9 billion. Earnings per share slumped 1%, to $2.55. […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific next month will resume intermodal service in nearly 60 interline lanes it dropped last year under its shift to a Precision Scheduled Railroading operating model and its emphasis on a simplified network. Since late 2018 UP has scrapped service between hundreds of intermodal points it jointly served with CSX Transportation […]
Weeds have begun encroaching on remnants of the former Seaboard S Line at Norlina, N.C., in this 2007 view. Bob Johnston Third article in a series on Virginia’s rail plans. The first, on the impact near Washington, D.C., is available here. The second, on the statewide passenger rail impact, is here. NORLINA, N.C. — Nowhere […]
Charger locomotive No. 4627 leads an Amtrak test train through Wauwatosa, Wis., on Tuesday afternoon. Amtrak is testing the locomotives for use in long-distance service. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — People along Amtrak’s Empire Builder route are getting a preview of the future of long-distance passenger service this week as the railroad runs a test […]
STOCKTON, Calif. — Amtrak will begin offering bus-only tickets on some routes in California, following approval of the plan by the agency which oversees San Joaquin train service. KGET-TV reports the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority voted at a Friday meeting to allow the passenger railroad to sell bus-only tickets on its Bakersfield-Oxnard-Santa Barbara and […]
The official portrait of U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth Sen. Tammy Duckworth WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and two other members of the Illinois congressional delegation have sent Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson a letter expressing their unhappiness over the recent incident in which passengers using wheelchairs were quoted a price of $25,000 to travel from […]
FIELD, British Columbia — Nearly a year after a runaway grain train derailed in the mountains of British Columbia, killing three Canadian Pacific railroaders, questions remain about what led to the tragedy. On Feb. 4, 2019, a westbound grain train near the Alberta-British Columbia border began to roll down Kicking Horse Pass shortly after a […]
