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Continuing with my immediate thought, I foresee the duopoly extending into the UMS, with both "Uncles" Pete and Warren having access to the industries (autos, appliances) within the State of Nuevo Leon and to the maritime ports of Lazaro Cardenas, Mich, as well as one possibly developing ...

Union Pacific has taken the Surface Transportation Board to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to try and undo the CPKC merger. UP alleges that the STB's action was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and contrary to the law. https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/0...

I expect that the first result will be higher costs for shippers in California followed by a winnowing of lines still operated by the Western Class I railroads. I would expect that the Coast Line would lose freight service north of San Luis Obispo, and possibly San Diego. Note I don't think that the...

Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:23 pm
Oh and finally Mr. NHV, within the industry, this emergency response service is not known as "Hulcher Vultures" for nothing.

Canadian Pacific hasn't been letting any grass grow under their feet waiting for the STB to render their decision. They have been extending sidings and installing CTC, doing infill on the Laredo, Ottumwa, Davenport, Chicago, and Marquette Subdivisions. On Tuesday, March 28th, a new section of CTC on...

It's done! I was a little late on my prediction, but from now on I'll refrain from guessing when the government does stuff. :wink: #2 CPKC will shift its crew change location near Ottumwa, IA. to a point further west and south on the CP Laredo Subdivision. CP is going to move the crew change point ...

Trains Magazine Newswire has a story about TTX equipping 1,700 Railbox cars and hundreds of Autoracks with GPS tracking and reporting devices.

Shortline614 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:33 am
Merger takes effect April 16th!

Here is what The Journal's report notes regarding "with conditions": There is no mention regarding CN access to KC over the GM&O Springfield-KC line that KCS previously acquired from CN; the "condition" to keep gateways, i.e. physical connections and rate making, seems rathe...

A decision by the STB on the CP - KCS merger is to be announced today at 11am EDT. It will be livestreamed on the STB YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@surfacetransportationboard8768

My prediction for the CPKC merger decision: The merger will be approved with some conditions: - CPKC could be ordered to work with UP on a Houston bypass. CPKC would get trackage rights over UP between Texarkana, Arkansas, and Laredo, Texas via Austin, Texas. In the hearings, CP said they would be ...

I would suggest joining the LocoNotes e-mail list on Groups.io and posing your question there. They track all the changes in locomotives.

Looking at maps I see CN has a dead-end line to Withrow, MN, just east of the Twin Cities they got from their Wisconsin Central acquisition. Anyone know what sort of traffic goes over this line or how frequently? Who do they interchange with on it, CP? They have Overhead Trackage Rights over CP bey...

. UP has also threatened to ditch the joint UP-KCS-NS EMP Intermodal Program if the CPKC merger goes through. The EMP Intermodal Program allows the three railroads to pool containers and better coordinate interline movements over the Speedway. - Shortline Union Pacific kicked CP out of the EMP cont...

But the photo at Gazette's site sure suggests the Couchette trade is what it's all about. Meantime, from my observations at both Innsbruck and Salzburg (guess you could say "a one that got away") so far look to me as nothing more than some Blue paint over what once were SNCF "Voiture...