Supervisors in Scott County, Iowa, plan to pen a letter opposing the merger of two North American rail companies that’s expected to drastically increase train traffic along the Mississippi River there.
August 22, 2022Canadian Pacific Railway
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Iowa County to Oppose CP-KCS Merger
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Photos by Kansas City Southern (left) and Canadian Pacific Railway.
STB Says ‘Train Noise’ Would Be Only Negative Impact of CP-KCS Merger
Photos by Kansas City Southern (left) and Canadian Pacific Railway.The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis determined the only potential adverse impacts of Canadian Pacific’s proposed merger with Kansas City Southern would be train noise, according to the STB’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement released Aug. 5.
August 8, 2022 Government, Business, Logistics 
The proposed $31 billion merger between Kansas City Southern (left) and Canadian Pacific awaits approval by the Surface Transportation Board. (Kansas City Southern Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway)
STB Urged to Reject CP-KCS Merger
The proposed $31 billion merger between Kansas City Southern (left) and Canadian Pacific awaits approval by the Surface Transportation Board. (Kansas City Southern Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway)Three of the five members of the Federal Maritime Commission are urging the Surface Transportation Board to reject Canadian Pacific Railway’s plan to merge with the smaller, but strategically significant Kansas City Southern Railroad.
June 23, 2022 Government, Business, Logistics 
Workers demonstrate during a Canadian Pacific Railway strike in Calgary March 20. The strike ended after two days when CP agreed to an arbitrator. (Gavin John/Bloomberg News)
Canadian Pacific Reaches Deal With Union to End Stoppage
Workers demonstrate during a Canadian Pacific Railway strike in Calgary March 20. The strike ended after two days when CP agreed to an arbitrator. (Gavin John/Bloomberg News)Canadian Pacific Railway said it will resume normal operations after it agreed to work with an arbitrator on a contract for 3,000 workers, ending a two-day work stoppage.
March 22, 2022 Government, Business 
Workers demonstrate during a Canadian Pacific Railway strike in Calgary, Alberta, on March 20. (Gavin John/Bloomberg News)
Canadian Pacific Work Stoppage Could Hit US Agriculture
Workers demonstrate during a Canadian Pacific Railway strike in Calgary, Alberta, on March 20. (Gavin John/Bloomberg News)DETROIT — Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage March 20 that brought trains to a halt across Canada and interrupted fertilizer and other shipments to and from the U.S.
March 21, 2022 Business, Logistics 
A work stoppage means CP can’t operate the railway and will create a “freight capacity crisis,” the railway said. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canadian Pacific Set to Shut Down if Labor Talks Fail
A work stoppage means CP can’t operate the railway and will create a “freight capacity crisis,” the railway said. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has issued a 72-hour notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference of plans to lock out employees early March 20 if the union’s leadership and the company fail to negotiate a settlement or agree to binding arbitration.
March 17, 2022 Business, Logistics 
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Canadian Pacific Set to Halt Operations If Labor Talks Fail
Canadian PacificCanadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is gearing up to halt operations after failing to reach a labor deal with unionized workers.
March 17, 2022 Government, Business, Logistics 
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Kansas City Southern Earnings Rise
Whitney Curtis/Bloomberg NewsAs it undertakes a $30 billion merger, Kansas City Southern released its fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 financial report on Jan. 28.
February 3, 2022 Business, Logistics 
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Canadian Pacific Says Weather, KCS Merger Affected Q4 Results
Don MacKinnon/Bloomberg NewsSevere winter weather along part of its network and increased costs with the proposed merger of Canadian Pacific Railway with Kansas City Southern impacted fourth-quarter financial results.
January 28, 2022 Business 
A Canadian Pacific train. (Frank Gunn/Bloomberg)
Canadian Pacific Shareholders Back Purchase of Kansas City Southern
A Canadian Pacific train. (Frank Gunn/Bloomberg)Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion plan to acquire Kansas City Southern cleared one of its final hurdles Dec. 8 when CP shareholders overwhelmingly approved the deal that would create the first railroad connecting the United States, Canada and Mexico.
December 8, 2021