Calgary, Alberta: Video showing people climbing Canadian Pacific train forces calls for change

By Zach Laing, Calgary Sun; November 16, 2018 A shocking video posted to Twitter in early November showing pedestrians climbing…

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Relief Is About to Roll Down the Tracks in Canada’s Oil Crisis

By Robert Tuttle, Bloomberg; November 16, 2018 Relief for Canada’s oil patch is gradually rolling down the tracks, with producers…

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G.I. magazine’s military friendly employer list includes five railroads

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; November 13, 2018 Five major railroads appear on the 2019 Military Friendly® Employers list recently issued…

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Fixing Chicago’s freight rail congestion

By Katie Pyzyk, Smart Cities Dive; November 12, 2018 As goods and raw materials make their way to all parts…

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Canadian Pacific, Precision Scheduled Railroading and the post-Hunter Harrison era — analysis by Tony Hatch

By Tony Hatch, Progressive Railroading Magazine; November 2018 On Oct. 4, Canadian Pacific held its first Investor Day in the…

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Alberta: Uncontrolled 80-car Canadian Pacific train rolls a quarter kilometre through Calgary’s inner city

From CBC News; November 8, 2018 The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a 1.5-kilometre-long freight train rolled away uncontrolled…

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Introduction to precision railroading, part 3: where do we go from here?

By Brian Bowers, Contributor, Freight Waves; November 5, 2018 Last week we began exploration of the definition of precision railroading…

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Introduction to precision railroading, Part 2: Parsing the developments in recent earnings

By Brian Bowers, Contributor, Freight Waves; October 29, 2018 It has been an interesting week. I have been encouraged by…

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VIA Rail Canada at 40: Four decades of cuts, heartbreak and lost opportunities

By Staff, Bay Today; October 28, 2018 Forty years ago Monday, VIA Rail Canada was born as an operating railway…

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Introduction to precision railroading, part 1: the industry’s savior or villain. Take your choice.

By Brian Bowers, Contributor, Freight Waves; October 22, 2018 Few topics in the rail industry elicit the emotional reaction of…

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Canadian Pacific Railway CEO downplays impact of U.S.-China trade battle; has good quarterly earnings report

By The Canadian Press, BNN Bloomberg; October 19, 2018 CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is downplaying the potential negative…

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Cowen on Canadian Pacific: ‘No skepticism in a post-Hunter world’

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; October 9, 2018 “We have no skepticism in Canadian Pacific’s post-Hunter world,…

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Canadian Pacific Q32018 prelim: ‘sustainable, profitable growth’

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; October 4, 2018 During its 2018 Investor Day, Canadian Pacific Railway on…

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Cenovus Signs Oil-by-Rail Deals Amid Canadian Pipeline Pinch

By Robert Tuttle; Bloomberg; September 26, 2018 Cenovus Energy Inc. signed deals to transport about 100,000 barrels a day of…

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Railway Association of Canada supports Canada’s tighter tank-car standards

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; September 20, 2018 The Railway Association of Canada (RAC) has endorsed the Canadian government’s call for…

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The Daily CSX: New book chronicles life and career of controversial CSX CEO Hunter Harrison

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; September 18, 2018 E. Hunter Harrison spent a lifetime in railroading. From his…

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Book excerpt: How Bill Ackman convinced Hunter Harrison to ride the rails again

By Howard Green, Special to Financial Post, Ottawa Citizen; September 14, 2018 Book excerpt: The late Hunter Harrison was ‘kind…

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Canadian Pacific prepared to move Canadian grain; highlights action plan in meeting with federal ministers of agriculture and transport

A press release from Canadian Pacific Railway; September 12, 2018: CALGARY, Sept. 12, 2018 /CNW/ – Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP)…

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Illinois Blocking Amtrak Expansion to Wisconsin

By Jeramey Jannene, Urban Milwaukee; September 12, 2018 Despite the fact that rush hour trains on the Amtrak Hiawatha Service…

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Opinion: Railroads Have Spent A Lot Of Money The Last 10 Years, And Customers Have Barely Benefited

From Freightwaves.com; September 12, 2018 After spending plenty of money on investment in the last 10-plus years, the nation’s class…

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Canadian Pacific brings together short line and regional connections to strengthen relationships and share ideas on moving the supply chain forward

A press release from Canadian Pacific Railway; September 10, 2018: CALGARY, Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – Canadian Pacific Railway Limited…

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Hiawatha Expansion On Hold Until Local Concerns Addressed: Illinois Department Of Transportation

By Jonah Meadows, Staff, Lake Forest Patch; September 7, 2018 LAKE FOREST, IL — The proposed expansion of Amtrak’s Hiawatha…

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Nearly 500 passengers stuck on Amtrak Empire Builder passenger trains stalled by flooding

From WAOW News 9 ABC; August 29, 2018 UPDATE (WKOW) — Both Amtrak Empire Builder trains that were delayed in Central Wisconsin have…

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‘Cows all over the road’: Train crashes into truck hauling livestock in central Alberta

By Angela Jung, Multimedia Reporter, CTV News Edmonton; August 24, 2018 A train hit the rear of a cattle truck…

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The Daily CSX Book Review: EHH, a lean, mean street fighter

By Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; August 9, 2018 If ever there were a human equivalent to…

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