Insights and Stories on Railways

Rail strike looms as CN, CPKC workers take action to a vote

Apr. 18, 2024 at 4:46 pm CDT

Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) are in the middle of a strike vote. The vote comes after three collective agreements, covering CN and CPKC engineers and conductors as well as rail traffic controllers at CPCK, expired December 31.

US reopens key rail crossings between Texas and Mexico

Dec. 22, 2023 at 3:41 pm CST

By David Shepardson Reuters

Railways blast past revenue cap

Dec. 22, 2023 at 3:28 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Preview: Railways, grain shippers at loggerheads over interswitching

Jul. 13, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Don Norman

Rail interswitching expansion pilot clears Parliament

Jun. 29, 2023 at 3:32 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Railways push back on feds’ proposed interswitching revival

Mar. 29, 2023 at 9:08 pm CDT

With Easter less than two weeks away, an Easter egg in the federal government’s 2023 budget calls for a new pilot program to again provide Prairie grain shippers with extended interswitching. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget, released Tuesday, laid out a list of investments to “further strengthen Canada’s transportation systems […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. regulator approves CP’s purchase of Kansas City Southern

Mar. 15, 2023 at 9:03 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The Surface Transportation Board of the United States said on Wednesday it had approved Canadian Pacific Railway’s US$31 billion acquisition of railroad company Kansas City Southern, with a series of environmental and competition conditions. The board, which oversees U.S. freight railroads, is imposing some requirements on […]

By David Shepardson

Biden administration makes case for quick Senate vote to avoid rail shutdown

Dec. 1, 2022 at 7:06 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The Biden administration on Thursday urged the U.S. Senate to quickly pass a bill to block a railroad strike, warning that serious economic disruptions could be felt within days. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to approve a bill to impose a tentative contract […]

By David Shepardson

Biden says administration engaged in talks to avert U.S. railroad strike

Nov. 24, 2022 at 2:28 pm CST

Nantucket | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that his administration was involved in negotiations to avert a looming U.S. railroad strike that could shut down supply chains across the country but added that he has not directly engaged on the matter yet. Speaking to reporters outside […]

By Nandita Bose

CBOT weekly outlook: Renewed agreement puts pressure on corn, wheat

Nov. 23, 2022 at 4:35 pm CST

MarketsFarm — A renewed agreement between Russia and Ukraine to allow the latter’s grain to be shipped out of the Black Sea has recently been putting pressure on corn and wheat prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Russia and Ukraine, with mediation from the United Nations and Turkey, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

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