“Blume’s asset management solution is well established as the marketplace where IMCs obtain railroad-owned intermodal equipment,” Blume Global CEO Pervinder Johar said Sept. 11. “We look forward to helping CPKC expand their business in the U.S.”

Supply Side: Blume Global, Rio Tinto IOC, Wabtec

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) will use Blume Global’s asset management system to foster intermodal traffic growth. Also, Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada (Rio Tinto IOC) is donating C$4 million to a Quebec college for a new training, research and innovation pavilion for the rail, industrial maintenance and energy intelligence industries; and Penn State names Wabtec Corporation as its 2023 Corporate Partner of the Year.

STB: Five Class I’s Revenue Adequate for 2022

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has found five U.S. Class I railroads to be revenue adequate for 2022: BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line (the U.S. affiliate of Canadian Pacific), and Union Pacific.

Josh Monroe (left) and Shawn Mindrup, Regional Vice Presidents Business Development, Patriot Rail

Patriot Rail Adds Monroe, Mindrup to Commercial Team

Short line holding company Patriot Rail on Sept. 5 reported appointing Josh Monroe and Shawn Mindrup as Regional Vice Presidents Business Development for the East and West, respectively. Monroe served most recently

Photo by David C. Lustig

BNSF Donates Hydrogen Test Locomotive to Oklahoma Railway Museum

BNSF has donated an alternative fuel testbed locomotive, most recently operated by the railroad as a hydrogen fuel cell switcher in Southern California, to the Oklahoma Railway Museum (ORM). Built as Canadian

“As we look toward the upcoming 2023-2024 crop year, CPKC is once again well prepared to move Canada’s grain crop to market, just as we have throughout our 142-year history,” said Keith Creel, CPKC President and CEO. “We have the capacity and the team to deliver for our grain customers and the Canadian economy during the upcoming crop year.” (CPKC Photograph)

CPKC Issues 2023-24 Grain Service Outlook Report

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on July 31 published its Grain Service Outlook Report, as required by section 151.01(1) of the Canada Transportation Act. It provides an assessment of the newly merged Class I’s ability to move grain during the 2023-24 crop year, taking into account the total volume of grain expected to be hauled.

Canada TSB: UDR Led to 2019 CP Train Derailment

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) on July 19 released its investigation report into the January 2019 Canadian Pacific (CP) freight train derailment in the Upper Spiral Tunnel, near Field, British Columbia (BC), citing the undesired release of air brakes (UDR) as the cause.

(Chuck Russell Photograph Courtesy of Golf Canada)

CPKC Extending Sponsorship of CPKC Women’s Open

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) is extending its title sponsorship of the CPKC Women’s Open for up to four more years, the Class I railroad and Golf Canada reported July 10.

(CN Photograph)

CN, CP, STM Among ‘Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada’

Three railway companies have earned spots on the Corporate Knights Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada list for 2023: CN, Canadian Pacific (now Canadian Pacific Kansas City through the April 14 merger

CPKC (William C. Vantuono Photograph)

CPKC Issues 2022 Sustainability Data Report

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on June 23 published its first Sustainability Data Report highlighting developments from 2022 for Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS), which on April 14 merged

Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD), AFL-CIO

TTD to Biden: Maintain STB’s Chairmanship

Removing Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chair Martin J. Oberman or failing to reappoint him “would undermine the significant progress the Board has made during his tenure,” Transportation Trades Department (TTD), AFL-CIO President

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