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25 Under 40: Part 1 of 4

RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2024 ISSUE: Railway Age is proud to recognize 25 ‘Fast Trackers’ Under 40 in 2024.

Supply Side: Ballard, Rail Vision

Ballard Power Systems (Ballard) receives an order of additional fuel cell engines from Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). Also, Rail Vision ltd. (Rail Vision) reveals its next-generation AI (Artificial Intelligence) computer for railway safety and accident prevention and is granted a patent approval from the Indian Patent Office.

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Class I Briefs: CPKC, UP

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) chooses Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation as its primary charity partner for the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open. Also, Union Pacific (UP) is named to Fortune magazine’s list of World’s Most Admired Companies.

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CPKC Joins RailPulse™ Coalition

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on Feb. 1 announced that it has joined the RailPulse™ Coalition, becoming the third Class I railroad and the tenth member of the coalition, which was established in late 2020 to “to develop, broaden and accelerate the use of GPS and other telematics technologies on railcars that increase safety, efficiency, and visibility across North America’s freight rail industry.”

Major General Gavin Lawrence (pictured) will join CPKC President and CEO Keith Creel and the STB's Marty Oberman and Patrick Fuchs as featured speakers at ASLRRA's 2024 Annual Conference.

Lawrence Featured at ASLRRA Annual Conference

Major General Gavin Lawrence will be a featured speaker at the American Short Line and Railroad Association’s (ASLRRA) 2024 Annual Conference, scheduled to take place March 24-26 in Kansas City, Mo.

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CPKC Finishes 2023 with ‘Strong’ 4Q Results (Updated)

“I am proud of how our team of incredible railroaders finished this transformational year with a strong fourth quarter, allowing CPKC to deliver volume growth and best-in-class earnings growth in 2023,” reported CPKC President and CEO Keith Creel at the railroad’s Jan. 30 fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 earnings presentation.

“Our service product had great momentum as we hit the ground running strong in 2024,” UP’s Kenny Rocker told customers Jan. 26. “Then in early January, Mother Nature had other plans and delivered back-to-back winter storms that spread across most of our network—from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes.” (UP Photograph)

Class I Briefs: UP, CPKC, NS

Kenny Rocker, Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales, provides a status report on operations, including the new Phoenix Intermodal Facility. Also, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) celebrates railroader John Visocchi’s 50 years of service; and Norfolk Southern (NS) shares a “new look” for locomotive No. 4759.

HGmotive, CPKC Partner on Hydrogen Fueling System

HGmotive Inc. (formerly CNGmotive Inc.) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) will this year be jointly testing a hydrogen fueling system with the HGmotive™ Prototype Tender, which started operational testing on CPKC

CPKC, Bison Expand Service Offerings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Bison Transport Inc. have entered into a new agreement to provide intermodal transportation services on CPKC’s transnational railroad connecting Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Established in

Commentary

HFC Developments Accelerating

This is the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trains Association’s (HFCTA) second article in a series of four addressing HFC-powered trainsets, locomotives and streetcars that are commercially available, in development, or planned around the

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