Hunter and the hunted NEWSWIRE
…It is conceivable that NS would attract a competing merger offer, with Union Pacific, Canadian National, and particularly BNSF Railway as potential suitors. Alternately, one or more of those railroads… […]
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Canadian Pacific considers building new siding on Kicking Horse Pass following fatal derailment NEWSWIRE
Canadian Pacific’s twin Spiral Tunnels near Field, B.C., opened in 1909, reducing the grade to a maximum of 2.2 percent, compared with 4.4 percent before their opening. Canadian Pacific CALGARY,… […]
CP, CN continue string of records for grain movement
Canadian Pacific and Canadian National have welcomed the new year by announcing the latest in an ongoing string of records for Canadian grain movement. Canadian Pacific closed out 2020 by… […]
What’s next in the battle for Kansas City Southern?
…City Southern private. Last month, Canadian Pacific struck a $29 billion deal to acquire KCS. And today Canadian National topped that with an offer worth $33.7 billion. What’s next in… […]
‘Trails and Rails’ programs on Amtrak trains return for 2024
…aboard Amtrak’s Coast Starlight in April 2024. The train hosts Trails and Rails programs on two segments. National Park Service WASHINGTON — National Park Service volunteers from national or historic… […]
Travel with Trains: Alaska 2023
…minutes past noon, our train pulled into the Denali National Park station. Train stations are uncommon in National Parks, but this one serves an important purpose. In 2021 the railroad… […]
Union Pacific, National Parks Service, and foundation, team up on ‘junior ranger’ program NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS), Union Pacific Railroad and the National Park Foundation (NPF) today announced the release of the Junior Ranger Railroad Explorer activity booklet that can… […]
Metra helps encourage visits to Pullman National Monument NEWSWIRE
…in the background, Sue Bennett — the first park ranger employed at the Pullman National Monument — talks to her walking-tour group. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Not many National… […]
Analysis: Canada’s 60-foot container will likely stay north of the border
…remain exclusive to Canada for the foreseeable future. CP and Canadian Tire launched service with the larger container in May 2017 [see “Canadian Pacific, Canadian retail company unveil …,” Trains… […]
Canadian publication names CP’s Creel as CEO of the year
Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel. David Lassen CALGARY — Canadian Pacific’s Keith Creel has been named 2021 CEO of the Year by Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail’s Report of… […]
Blue Train of the Prairies
…in 1927 the Alberta-owned railways acquired 10 coaches and 5 baggage cars from the Boston & Albany, 3 coaches from the Canadian National, 2 sleepers from the Milwaukee Road, and… […]
Rapido HO scale GMD-1 diesel locomotive
…General Motors Diesel Ltd., a subsidiary of GM’s Electro-Motive Division, the GMD-1 was designed for use on Canadian National’s lightly built prairie branch lines. The London, Ont., plant started production… […]
