Canadian Pacific Kansas City
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CP, KCS to STB: ‘A Perfect Fit With No Overlap’
Inching toward a decision on the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, the Surface Transportation Board held seven days of hearings* on the transaction, with numerous presenters, both pro and con.
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‘Politically Motivated Bullying, Special-Interest Pandering’
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) wants the Surface Transportation Board to dump the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, unless he gets his way.
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Second KCS U.S./Mexico Border Bridge Getting Closer
Construction is expected to start in October or November on a second Kansas City Southern international rail bridge at the U.S./Mexico border connecting the border cities of Laredo, Tex. and…
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CP 2022-23 Grain Plan: ‘Deliver Outstanding Service’
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…
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Draft EIS Released for CP-KCS Merger Proposal
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…
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KCS, CP, GATX, Rotary, NASCO Team for a ‘Butterfly Effect’ (Updated)
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…
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‘DDKN’ the ‘Textbook Definition of NIMBY’
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…
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CP, KCS to STB: CPKC ‘Compellingly in the Public Interest, Should Be Approved Without Conditions’
The document exceeds 4,300 pages: Canadian Pacific’s and Kansas City Southern’s Surface Transportation Board filing on their merger: “Applicants’ Response to Comments and Requests for Conditions, Opposition to Responsive Applications,…
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CPKC: CN, NS Seek Conditions
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on July 1 accepted for consideration responsive applications by CN and Norfolk Southern (NS) regarding the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, which is under STB…
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Political Pedantry, NIMBY Nervousness, Maritime Mendaciousness
Recently, three filings with the Surface Transportation Board in opposition to the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger application came across the transom that strike me as odd. One is from…
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Bartlett to STB: Approve CPKC, Reject CN’s Springfield Line Bid
Bob Knief, President of Bartlett Grain Co., LP (Bartlett), a leading U.S. exporter of grain to Mexico, submitted a statement on June 22 to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to…