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Try moving this load by truck! On March 20th, Francois Jolin shot Canadian Pacific DIM-053 (Dimensional), is slowly heading east on the Vaudreuil Subdivision at Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue with extra long windmill blades. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/31145333@N02/25637584200/in/dateposted-public/

 Guy-Pascal Arcouette shot the same train  a little further east and from a different perspective at Dorval, QC.  CP DIM-053 was lead by matching SD60's CP 6229 and  6245.  (A video is also posted below). 

 

 

Here is the VIDEO link to the video of the CP DIM-053 with windmill wings at Dorval, QC.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toDtRoXjUOM&feature=youtu.be

On March 12th, Francois Jolin photographed this impressive sight of  Saratoga-Montreal Canadian Pacific/D&H 253 is crossing above the rushing waters of the St. Lawrence River at LaSalle. Led by CP 8894, trailing locomotives are CP 6251, CP 8511, CP 2276,  D&H 7303, and  CSX 9993.  The D&H GP38-2 arrived in Montreal for truck work, and the CSX F40PHR was sent to Cadrail for major work.

 

With Spring now here, colour is abundant on CP.  On March 17th, CP train 240 had a touch of Armor yellow at Thamesford, Ontario, mile 101 Galt Sub, with UP 5506, and CP 9763.

The railfan  buzz in Ontario in early March were the sightings of  CP SD30C-ECO 5030.  Walter was one of the many who submitted shots of the new Mexican-built locomotive, seen here on westbound CP 647 with CP 5030 and BNSF 6670 at the CP yard in Woodstock, ON March 3rd,  2016  It is one of 30 (CP 5020-5049)  recently completed in Mexico.

 

Just before the SD30C-ECO arrived, CP ES44AC 9365 and CEFX AC4400CW 1054 headed eastbound through the yard.  

 

Traffic levels affect the amount of activated Motive Power, CP has over 100 GE AC4400CW's and GMD SD40-2's stored and  spread out at many locations, St-Paul, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Coquitlam. As well some GP38-2 4-axle Yard power is stored and the previous three-unit yard power consists are now reduced to just two units. Basically it comes down to a poor economy, losing major contracts to haul goods, or the end of seasonal traffic such as Grain loads.  For these major reasons all Class one railroads must from time-to time store large numbers of locomotives.  CP use the following criteria to choose what locomotive models get stored:  Age of the Locomotive, Reliability, and its Performance.   The model series to be stored gets drained of fluids, the roof stack is covered, to prevent water corrosion, the Batteries are disconnected and sometimes removed, and depending on the storage location, the cab may get locked to prevent vandalism.  Luc Lanthier shot the stored units in Montreal in mid-March. 

   

The remaining seven CP's Red Barn's remain  on the roster, but have been stored since Oct. 31st, 2015.  The numbers are:  CP 9001, 9003, 9006, 9007, 9008, 9009 and 9015.  The class unit  CP SD40-2F 9000 was  retired back in December 2012, and has been scrapped.  All the other CP SD40-2F's are retired and sold, and a pair used in the SD30C-ECO program.  CP SD40-2F 9004, 9010, 9011, 9014, 9017 and 9020-9024 were sold to Central Maine & Quebec (CMQ), in September, with the CP road numbers retained. (Francois Jolin photo of CMQ SD40-2F 9022)

Motive Power snap shot at St-Luc Yard in Montreal, QC in March  16th 2016.

CP 2251, 2253, 2256, 2279, 2282, 3024, 3025, 3032, 3038, 3047, 3048, 3053, 3064.
CP 3089, 3099, 3101, 3119, 3129, 3134, 4653, 5029, 7310.
CP 8522, 8716, 8873, 8885, 9708.

D&H 7304, CP 7305, CP 7307 were all together in Montreal, QC on  March 16th.   It is rare to have three of the EMD-built former Lehigh Valley GP38-2's  all in Montreal at the same time. Another rarity was DM&E SD40-2 6080 at the Montreal diesel shop for repairs.  Other CP Yard power was seen working in the yard as well.

 

 

Locomotives in storage in Montreal:

CP 5690, 5763, 5773, 5788, 5795, 5833, 5903, 5919, 5928, 5942
CP 5946, 5949, 5953, 5993, 6031, 6613
CP 8508, 8510, 8538, 8542, 8548, 8553, 8554, 8557, 8566, 8580, 8714
CP 9502, 9520, 9521, 9529, 9530, 9538, 9539, 9542, 9545, 9546, 9555, 9558, 9559, 9570
CP 9571, 9573, 9575, 9576, 9577, 9581, 9582, 9595, 9599, 9608, 9620, 9626, 9629, 9641
CP 9642, 9649, 9655, 9660, 9671, 9682, 9711

Train consists at St-Luc Yard on March 16th:

 
Train 420-15 - CP 8531(lead) D Franz, ON 22:01pm
Train 332-12 - UP 5360(lead) D White River, ON 19:51pm
Train DIM-053 - CP 6229 A Schreiber, ON 14:49pm (W-06 dimensional).
Train 330 - CP 8744(lead) D Schreiber ,ON 19:33pm

 

Motive Power snap shot at the CP Coquitlam Diesel Shop on  March 6th, 2016.

CP 3026-1126, 4415, 4423, 4435, 4449
CP 5000, 5014, 5016, 5775, 5824, 5914, 6611, 8506, 8605, 8789, 8913, 9358
CP 9500, 9503, 9531, 9564, 9591, 9636, 9645, 9668, 9710
CN 2144
BCR 4602
CEFX 1007
(There were other CP units inside the yard in Port Coquitlam, BC as well  - Luc Lanthier).

 

 

 

 

 

Beautifully preserved and spotless CP RAIL MLW M630 4563 parading on a rainy day  passing Barrington station as part of Exporail's Diesel Weekend parade on September 12th, 2015. One of Exporail's volunteer engineers waves from the cab as railfans enjoy the sight and sound of the BIG M rolling past the station.

Canadian Pacific Railway's Older EMD and GMD's are still earning money on locals.  Here on March 13th, Dennis Weber shot the CP Lacrosse Roadswitcher with SOO-GP38-2 4413, and  CP GP38AC 3015.

On March 14th, ICE Train 687 has CSX 8729 and 4533 at LaCrescent, MN.

 

On March 15th, Steve Koop Angelicola caught NS/CP 930 approaching Wadhams Siding on the D&H, as the early morning sun just was coming out over the trees.

Shaking the Amtrak station at Westport, NY, CP 8555, CP 8517, NS 8060, CEFX 1028 and NS 8140 overpower the short 930 with five engines and just 18 cars on March 2nd.   (Photo by Steve Koop Angelicola).

CP 5911 and 5863 are the only two remaining SD40-2's (and for that matter any other CP locomotive), still wearing the full sized CP RAIL Multimark paint scheme.  CP 5911 is currently Stored Serviceable, and CP 5863 is still active. When CP 5911 and 5863 are retired, that chapter of paint schemes on CP locomotives will cease to exist.  Of course there are  still locomotives in the small Multimark paint scheme.  When the Action Red paint scheme was introduced in the early 1970's, all the Multimarks were full sized.  CP 5911 and 5863 both remain on CP's roster today and are assigned to Winnipeg.  (Mark Forseille photos). 

D&H/CP Train Symbols - as of 10/26/2015

 

CP 252 (Manifest) Montreal, QC to Saratoga, NY.

CP 253 (Manifest) Saratoga, NY to Montreal, QC.

CP 550 (Loaded Oil) Montreal, QC to Kenwood Yard, Albany, NY

CP 551 (Empty Oil)    Kenwood Yard, Albany, NY to Montreal, QC

CP 650 (Loaded Ethanol) Montreal, QC to Kenwood Yard, Albany, NY

CP 651 (Empty Ethanol) Kenwood Yard, Albany, NY to Montreal, QC

CP 654 (Loaded Providence Ethanol) Montreal, QC to Whitehall, NY

Interchanges to Providence & Worcester RR @ Whitehall, NY

CP 655 (Empty Providence Ethanol) Whitehall, NY to Montreal, QC

Interchanged from Providence & Worcester RR @ Whitehall, NY

CP 656 (Loaded GE Dredging Train) Ft. Edward, NY to Kenwood Yard, Albany, NY. Interchanges to CSX, symboled K253 on CSX

CP 657 (Empty GE Dredging Train) Kenwood Yard, Albany, NY to Ft. Edward, NY. Interchanges from CSX, symboled K252 on CSX

 DIM - High & Wide Dimensional Loads- G.E. Schenectady to Kenwood Yard, Albany

Norfolk Southern Railway Trains

 

NS 30T (uses NS 930 between Saratoga Springs, NY & CP 485 (NSR)

 

1.) Crew change at Rouses Point, NY w/ D&H, operates as CP 930 to Saratoga Springs, NY

2.) 2nd Crew Change at Saratoga Springs, NY w/ NSR.  

{NS Haulage} Southbound Canadian National Manifest Freight.

Train terminates at Enola, PA.

 NS 31T (uses NS 931 between CP 485 (NSR) & Saratoga Springs, NY)

 

1.) Crew Change at Saratoga Springs, NY w/ D&H, operates as CP 931 to Rouses Point, NY. 

2.) 2nd Crew Change at Rouses Point w/ CN, operates as CN 529 to Montreal, QC.

{NS Haulage} Northbound Canadian National Manifest Freight. Train terminates at Montreal, QC

 

The following NS trains operate between CP 485 and the NS Mechanicville Terminal using their original CP symbols as follows:

 

NS 22K = 934 - NS 23K = 935   /   NS 532 = 936 - NS 533 = 937

NS 206 = 938 - NS 205 = 939   /   NS 66N = 940 - NS 67N = 941

NS 28N = 942 - NS 287 = 943   /   NS 14R = 944 - NS 11R = 945

 

NOTE: Canadian Pacific identifies addition sections of a given train by adding a "2" before its symbol. (Example; *2-xxx).

 CP Locals/Yard jobs:

 

D10: On Duty 0600 hrs, Monday thru Friday at Kenwood Yard, Albany, NY

D11: Plattsburgh....(as needed)

D21: On Duty 1400 hrs, at Kenwood Yard, Albany, NY

D31: On Duty 2200 hrs, at Kenwood Yard, Albany, NY

D13: On Duty 0700 hrs, Monday through Friday at Whitehall.

Goes to Ft. Edward, Monday, Wednesday and Friday to switch customers on the Glens Falls branch. Goes to Crown Point on Tuesday and Thursday to service IP Mill. 

D40: On Duty 0800 hrs @ Saratoga, Sunday - Thursday

D41: Covers days off in Kenwood Yard and D45 on Monday nights.

D44: On Duty 1600 hrs @ Saratoga, Tuesday - Saturday.

D45: On Duty 0000 hrs, Saratoga to Kenwood turn job.

D47: On Duty 2100 hrs, Mon-Fri....Whitehall to Saratoga turn job

D48: Covers the D40 assignment on Friday & Saturday, the D44 assigments on Sunday & Monday and D45 on Tuesdays.

 

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CP Locomotives Retired, Declared Surplus, Stored or Sold:

CP listed the following on their surplus assets page on February 2nd, 2016. A significant number of SD40-2s are getting purged from the roster. DME: 6068, 6069, 5070, 6071, 6072, 6075, 6078, 6080, 6081, 6084, 6086, 6087, 6088, 6090, 6094, 6080; ICE 6100 CP 5499, 5573, 5490, STLH 5593 GP9s: all CP reporting marks 1542, 1553, 1559, 1594, 1650, 8249.  

 Canadian Pacific Asset Disposition:   Unit numbers and links are as follows:

 

CP5490 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4345

CP5499 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4351

CP5573 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4346

DME6068 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4354

DME6069 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4357

DME6070 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4361

DME6071 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4348

DME6072 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4356

DME6075 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4363

DME6078 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4355

DME6080 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4364

DME6081 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4352

DME6084 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4349

DME6086 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4359

DME6087 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4353

DME6088 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4358

DME6090 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4350

DME6094 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4360

ICE6100 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4362

STLH5593 https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4347

CP 1533  https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4337

CP 1542  https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4339

CP 1559  https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4340

CP 1594  https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4342

CP 1650  https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4341

CP 8249  https://www8.cpr.ca/snpevweb/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?Tender=4338

CP SD40-2F 9004, 9010, 9011, 9014, 9017 and 9020-9024 were sold to Central Maine & Quebec (CMQ) in September 2015  with their former CP road numbers retained.  The last one 9021 had arrived on the CMQ, in late October 2015  All are in service on the CMQ.

Ex-CP GP9u 1624 was acquired by the Aspen Crossing Railway in Mossleigh, AB, is at destination.

Ex-CP GP9u 1605 was sold to Respondek in September 2015, is at destination on the Port Harbor Railroad, in Indiana.

The last GP9u on the CP roster Cp 8249, was last leased to Gardner Dam Terminal Railway which  terminated in September 2015.  She is still  stored in Toronto declared Surplus, and remains for sale. 

CP 8218 was sold to the Pennsylvania Northeastern RR on August 18, 2015, and arrived at her new Keystone State home on September 28th.

Fifteen GP9u's were sold to LTEX on June 26, 2015:  1532, 1547, 1555, 1560, 1585, 1590, 1597, 1604, 1633, 1634, 8200, 8220, 8231, 8239 and 8250, all have been delivered.

30 Retired CP SD40-2's were used at Bombardier Transportation's plant in Sahagun, Mexico for the SD30C-ECO program: CP 5648, 5729, 5742, 5776, 5787, 5793, 5827, 5843, 5844, 5924, 5940, 5944, 5947, 5948, 5963, 5964, 5967, 5981, 5982, 5998, 6004, 6006, 6021, 6026, 6058, 6076, 6078, 6604, 6615 and 6616.  In January 2016 an additional  SD40-2 (CP 5994) was sent to Mexico  The traction motors were removed from her on January 28th, at the shop in Golden, BC.

 

CP LOCOMOTIVE REBUILD PROGRAMS 

We have news at last on CP FP9A 1401!  She was stripped in February 2016  and was in Primer paint at the RELCO Shop in Albia, IA in March.  The complete rebuild refurbishment includes an EM2000 computer and its own HEP equipment sort of an F38A-3.  The big news on this covered wagon though is the paint scheme, we only know it is a CP  "Special Request", However, what that means CP has not shared.

 Canadian Pacific Script-painted CP GP38-2 3084 arrived in Winnipeg, MB back in November 7th 2015 for fuel tank repairs after suffering a  minor derailment of the unit in Scotford, Alberta (North east of Edmonton), when on AC05-30, was pulling into the spur at the SUNCOR oil facility with light engines. The lead loco (CP GP38-2 3084), came off the rails, and punctured the fuel tank. We have not seen it return to service as of yet. 

 CP GP38-2 RCL and Overhaul Program: 

CP is continuing installations Remote Control (R/C) equipment on their GP38AC/GP38-2 units at CADRAIL (Montreal), and at NRE in Silvis, IL.  On March 23rd, CP GP38-2 4511 was shot outside Cadrail with full RCL equipment.

The program of overhauling GP38-2 and GP38AC locomotives to Tier 0+ compliance, and upgrading with AESS (Automatic Engine Start/Stop), and full CP repaint is continuing with possibly more RCL overhauls to come at NRE where according to my NRE contact an RCL install takes approximately 7 to 10 Days to complete. 

NATIONAL RAILWAY EQUIPMENT - Silvis IL

CP GP38AC 3000 and 3002 and GP38-2 3016 are now almost complete and were still at NRE-Silvis at press time. 

 (Ex-D&H) CP GP38-2 7311 is waiting for an opening to enter the shop in Silvis, IL  for a complete overhaul, and CP repaint.

 Wearing fresh Candy Apple Red, CP GP38-2 3131 and 3132 were released back to CP in March 2016. 

 Fully repainted into Candy Apple Red and lettered CP 4420, this former SOO GP38-2 was tested in the second half of February as well.  Some software issues were still being tweaked near month end, before she can be released. 

 SOO GP38-2 4417 has her ZTR installed, and has been sand blasted  for CP Candy Apple repainted.    

 CP GP40 4608 sand blasted in march is receiving her mechanical Cabinet and  control stand installations. 

 CP GP38-2 3023 received re-wiring in March and is moving along quickly. 

 CP GP38-2 3083 and CP GP38-2 4443 were completed in late January complete with the new RCL system, ZTR and new cab systems, and were released from NRE back to CP

 

CADRAIL Lachine QC

 There are no CP Remote Control GP38-2's being done at Cadrail at this time. The last GP38-2's released with the RCL system, ZTR and new cab modifications  were CP 4442, 4508  and 4433 which were completed in January 2016.  No others are inside the shop, or on the property.

 SOO SD60 Overhaul - Contract Completed:

CAD Railway Industries (Lachine, QC), completed the former SOO LINE SD60 and SD60M overhaul and repaint contract for the Canadian Pacific Railway in August 2013. The overhauls included Tier 0+ compliance, installation of AESS (Locomotive Automatic Engine Start/Stop) to conserve fuel.  All are in Candy Apple Red and renumbered into the CP 6200-series, and each received (PTC) Positive Train Control modifications at the CP St-Luc Diesel Shop. They did not get any cab upgrades however. 

 CP SD60's and SD60M's released from CAD during 2012 and 2013: CP 6221, 6222, 6223, 6225, 6228, 6229, 6230, 6231, 6232, 6234, 6236, 6238, 6239, 6240, 6241, 6242, 6245, 6243, 6246, 6447, 6248, 6249, 6250, 6251, 6252, 6254, 6255, 6256, 6257, 6258, 6259, 6260, and 6262.  All are in service, and equipped as leaders.

 The SOO LINE painted SD60 Status remains the same: 

6026, 6027, 6035, 6037 and 6053 in service at Dec 31, 2015

6024, 6033 and 6044 stored unserviceable at Dec 31, 2015

 

 In LaCrosse Wisconsin, Dennis Weber shot this colourful consist on CP Train 280 with CP 6241, UP 6722, and NS 2684 on December 25th, 2015.

On March 7th, 2016, CP H-19's Power had CP 6243, CSX-2482 at LaCrosse, WI.

CP SD30C-ECO  Latest Order Completed:

 CP SD30C-ECO units from the second order now delivered and in service:  CP 5030-5047 with the most recent arrivals in March being  CP 5045, 5046 and 5047 were in transit in the USA.  The final pair CP 5048 and 5049. were released from the plant in Mexico March 20th. 

n March 3rd, 2016. Andy Cassidy caught a CP local heading North with two PR/EMD SD30C-ECO units up front, CP 5016-5014. They had an approach signal but stopped short and backed up and sat for five minutes. After a few minutes the Local moved along and out of sight. 

These former CP SD40-2's were confirmed as used in this program: CP 5648, 5729, 5742, 5776, 5787, 5793, 5794, 5827, 5843, 5844, 5924, 5940, 5944, 5947, 5948, 5963, 5964, 5967, 5981, 5982, 5998, 6004, 6006, 6021, 6026, 6058, 6076, 6078, 6604, 6615, and 6616.

The first 20 unit order of SD30C-ECO units built at EMD/Progress Rail in Mayfield, KY, was completed back in January 2014. CP 5000-5019, are all in service and since April 2015 were reassigned from Shorham Shop in St-Paul, Minnesota, to Golden, BC  

CP GP20C-ECO All Three Orders Completed:

On the CP Windsor Sub, Chad Smith photographed GP20C-ECO 2250 and 2325 with a load of cars lifted from the Caradoc Siding on February 29th. 

CP's third order for 60 CP GP20C-ECO units (2270-2329) was completed last year, with the delivery of the final units CP 2316, 2321, 2328 and 2329 arriving on January 26th, 2015, and CP 2287, on January 31st.  2015. These EMD Muncie, IN-built locomotives are brand new, with only the Blomberg trucks, and air compressor salvaged from the retired GP9u's.

 The first order of 30 GP20C-ECO units

CP 2200-2229 are assigned to St. Paul, MN.    

 The second order has the following Canadian assigned units;  

 

CP 2230-2249 are assigned to Alyth Yard, in Calgary, AB.

CP 2250-2269 are assigned to Toronto Yard.

 The third order of GP20C-ECO units is complete, with CP 2270-2329 assigned as follows:

 

St. Paul, MN: 2270, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2274, 2277, 2278, 2302, 2306, 2324, 2325;

Moose Jaw, SK: 2275, 2276, 2285, 2289, 2294, 2296, 2297, 2298, 2301, 2305, 2309, 2318, 2322, 2326;

Toronto, ON: 2279, 2280, 2281, 2282, 2286, 2288, 2290, 2292, 2307, 2319;

Winnipeg, MB : 2283, 2284, 2291, 2299, 2304, 2308, 2312, 2313, 2315, 2317;

Calgary, AB: 2287, 2293, 2295, 2300, 2303, 2310, 2311, 2314, 2316, 2320, 2321, 2323, 2327.

Golden, BC: 2234, 2245, 2328 and 2329.

 

CP Leased Locomotives Roundup:

 (By Bruce Chapman and Earl Roberts)

CEFX AC4400CW: 1002, 1006, 1007, 1014, 1018-1020, 1023, 1024, and 1026-1059, are all reported to be in service.  

 

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 CSX Corp. jumped as much as 8 percent after the close of trading in New York, following a report that Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. approached the U.S. railroad about a takeover in January, and was rebuffed. Shares rose to $25.60 in the latest trade at 6:22 p.m. in New York after climbing as high as $26.60, up from the closing price of $24.64. CSX has declined 5 percent this year through Tuesday's close compared with a 3.2 percent drop for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Gary Sease, a spokesman for CSX, declined to comment in March report in the Wall Street Journal. Marty Cej, a spokesman for Canadian Pacific, declined to comment beyond confirming that Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison said there would be benefits from a tie-up with CSX or the other major carrier in the eastern U.S., Norfolk Southern Corp. Canadian Pacific made three offers last year to buy Norfolk Southern and all were rejected as "grossly inadequate" and carrying regulatory risk. Harrison has said a merger with an eastern U.S. railroad would create a transcontinental service that would be more efficient and reduce costs. In 2014, Harrison held talks with CSX CEO Mike Ward, who batted down the idea of a merger.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is asking U.S. regulators to rule on the proposed voting trust structure it wants to use to acquire Norfolk Southern Corp. Canada's second-largest railroad will seek a declaratory order from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board confirming the viability of the mechanism, according to a statement Tuesday. While urging Norfolk Southern to "assist constructively" in this effort, Calgary-based Canadian Pacific said it would proceed regardless of the U.S. carrier's cooperation.

Bringing in the STB is the latest attempt by Canadian Pacific Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison to make headway in his efforts to build a transcontinental railroad. "While we remain fully confident in our comprehensive regulatory plan, shareholders of both CP and NS have recommended that we seek this declaratory order," Harrison said in Tuesday's statement. "We still think this action is unnecessary, however, we believe listening to the shareholders - the owners of our respective companies - is important."

Norfolk Southern has rejected several approaches from Canadian Pacific, including one in December that valued the U.S. carrier at $27 billion, saying the merger and the proposed voting trust wouldn't be approved by regulators.

Canadian Pacific said in March that it planned to submit a resolution to Norfolk Southern investors requesting that the U.S. company's board "engage in good faith discussions." The U.S. railroad said such talks weren't in shareholders' best interests unless Canadian Pacific offered "compelling value" and addressed potential regulatory concerns. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is ready to end efforts to buy Norfolk Southern Corp. if shareholders of the U.S. railroad reject a resolution calling for merger talks, the head of the Calgary-based company said.

Asked by an analyst at a BB&T Corp. conference if a defeat of the resolution would mark the end of efforts to acquire Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison said, "Yes, I think so." "We're making preparations that if we're not successful in entering a dialogue, that we're going to go back and focus on running" the railroad, Harrison said, according to a recording of the event. "And making it even more successful and having a good year and rewarding shareholders."

Canada's second-largest railroad plans to submit a resolution to Norfolk Southern investors requesting that the U.S. company's board "engage in good faith discussions," Canadian Pacific said in a statement Tuesday. Norfolk Southern has rejected several approaches, including one in December that valued the U.S. carrier at $27 billion.

Canadian Pacific won't present an alternative slate of directors at Norfolk Southern's 2016 annual meeting.

 Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. will ask Norfolk Southern Corp. shareholders to pressure the U.S. railroad into starting merger talks, dropping plans for a proxy fight. Canada's second-largest railroad said it plans to submit a resolution to Norfolk Southern investors requesting that the board "engage in good faith discussions." Norfolk Southern has rejected several approaches, including one in December that valued the U.S. company at $27 billion. The Calgary-based carrier won't present an alternative slate of directors at Norfolk Southern's 2016 annual meeting. (Bloomberg Business) James Squires, president, CEO and chairman of Norfolk Southern Corp., saw the value of his pay package climb 34.6 percent last year. His compensation rose to $7.98 million from $5.93 million a year earlier, according to a preliminary proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in March.

President since 2013, Squires became CEO on June 1, 2015, and chairman four months later. Since fall, he has been at the center of a challenge for control of the railroad where he's worked since 1994.

 Harrison's Salary Under Question

E. Hunter Harrison, chief executive officer of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., was paid $19.9-million in 2015, a year in which the company's shares fell by 20 per cent amid a sell-off in railway shares.  The compensation package included a salary of $2.8-million and stock and options worth $9.8-million. His bonus of $6-million was down by $1.2-million from 2014. Mr. Harrison's 2015 compensation included a number other items, such as personal use of the company aircraft worth $1-million. Mr. Harrison's salary is paid in U.S. dollars. His total compensation rose by 6 per cent, but would have decreased by 8 per cent had the Canadian dollar not plunged in value, CP said in its proxy statement released on Monday evening.

Mr. Harrison became CEO of the railway in 2012 after a boardroom battle led by activist investor William Ackman. Under his leadership, CP has posted record sales and profits. The share price has risen 126 per cent since his arrival, outperforming that of other railways and the broader stock market. "Although Mr. Harrison's total compensation is much higher than his peers, the return to shareholders during his tenure is equally impressive," CP said. "Mr. Harrison's total compensation value from June, 2012, to December, 2015, is 0.67 per cent of the total additional value created for shareholders over the same period ($14,236,601,584)."

Mr. Harrison is under contract until 2017, and then operating chief Keith Creel is expected to take over.  Mr. Creel made a total of $7.5-million in 2015, including a bonus of $1.6-million.  CP has been pursuing a takeover of Virginia-based Norfolk Southern Corp., a merger that would create North America's biggest railway by route miles.

After the rejection of three offers, valued at about $28-billion (U.S.), CP said it will submit a shareholder resolution at Norfolk Southern's next annual meeting that will ask the company's board to talk with CP. Norfolk Southern, U.S. politicians and several groups representing rail customers in the eastern half of the United States have said the merger would be bad for service, and unlikely to receive the regulator's approval.

CP disagrees, and says that if Mr. Harrison took charge of Norfolk Southern, the railway would enjoy many of the same improvements he has driven at CP, including a higher share price and improved operating efficiencies.

CP Grain Hauling News

Canadian Pacific Railway's (CP) considering the reduction of grain hauled along its western corridor major feeder lines, including the north main line route serving customers between Portage la Prairie and Wetaskiwin, Alberta.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service expects Canada's production of corn, one of CP's main Canadian grains, to drop by 10 percent in 2016 and 2017, contributing to an overall drop in oat, corn, barley, and wheat production.

MacGregor farmer Curtis Sims claims that's not altogether true.  "CP is talking about cutting staff and reducing capacity right at the first sign of any trouble. In fact, it was only a couple of years ago they were way behind. As farmers, we're nervous about the same thing happening about reducing their capacity. There's going to be more corn grown in Manitoba than previous years. And as far as grain production in the general west, it's not really about price as it is about volume."  Sims notes they're expecting no decrease in volume.  "I expect the volume will be just as good depending on the weather. We're not in charge of that. But the volume will still be there. I think as farmers I could say we're pretty sensitive to CP trying to cut back just to save costs. They don't care that much about us as far as our experience. To them it's all about cutting costs, not so much about customer service, it seems as of late."

 He explains Canadian National Railway (CN) hasn't been such a problem.

"Just anecdotally and generally, it seems they (CN) have been more reliable, a little more customer-oriented. Some of the comments by the chairman of CP over the last two or three years really have been pretty obnoxious almost to the farming community, really obviously all about shareholders and not much about customers and not much about service, really, it seems. That's what their attitude seems to be at the head office anyway."

(Michael Blume).

D&H Strike Ends Quickly

The union representing around 122 Canadian Pacific Railway workers in the region declared victory March 7th, 2016, after an unannounced strike that lasted eight hours. The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way union launched the strike at 6 a.m., surprising CP Rail with the work stoppage. Union members picketed near rail yards in Fort Edward, Whitehall and Saratoga Springs, which lie along CP Rail's Delaware & Hudson line.

CP Rail spokesman Andy Cummings refused to disclose what impact, if any, the strike had on CP Rail customers, though he said passenger trains through the area were not affected. The strike ended at about 2 p.m. March 7th.

"Amtrak was not impacted, but as far as impacts to our customers, we would just communicate that directly with our customers," Cummings said. The union claims CP has not paid employees fully for time they worked, has not accurately paid employees at their contractual hourly rates, paid employees incorrectly or not at all for holidays and vacations and deprived union workers of health insurance and supplemental sickness benefits while on medical leave or furlough.

The strike ended after a meeting was scheduled between union officials and company representatives, according to Clark Ballew, a spokesman for the union. "After our strike action this morning, Canadian Pacific has assured (union) members that those employees shorted on rates-of-pay, holidays and vacations - or otherwise shortchanged in any way through errors in its payroll department - will be fully compensated and made whole," the union said in a prepared statement.

The union and railroad company have scheduled a meeting for March 14 in Chicago to hash out the issues highlighted during the strike. "I am proud of our brothers and sisters on the (Delaware & Hudson)," said Dale Bogart, the union's Northeastern System Federation general chairman, in a prepared statement. "We all stepped out with conviction and courage today. We stuck together and we stood up for what's right." CP Rail has been involved in a controversial effort to buy out rival Norfolk Southern since the fall. The Calgary-based rail firm has been repeatedly rebuffed by Norfolk Southern, which claims the buyout offer doesn't accurately reflect its value.

 And any such deal would face significant regulatory hurdles, as no major railroad mergers have been approved since the federal Surface Transportation Board adopted rules for such mergers in 2001, according to an Associated Press report.

CP also reportedly approached rival CSX Railroad earlier this year about a possible merger, according to the Associated Press. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way officials suggested CP Rail's merger goals might be behind its alleged payroll failings. 

"CP is desperately attempting to merge with Norfolk Southern Railroad," stated the union in its prepared statement. "In an effort to make his company and its proposed merger more palatable to Wall Street, CP CEO Hunter Harrison has deliberately cut payroll staffing with blatant disregard to his employees. "This may win him praise from hedge fund managers and stock speculators, but it leaves our members, their spouses and children out in the cold."   (Scott Donnelly Business Connection Poststar).

 

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CP 647 rolled through Woodstock, Ontario March 6th,  on a beautiful sunny day with a mix of foreign power CP 8843, BNSF 6793, and NS 11101.

Dennis Weber snapped the CP Roadswitcher at Lacrosse, Wisconsin on March 21st, with paired GP20C-ECO CP 2308 and 2326 easily handling the local job.

 Rolling past the Amtrak Station in LaCrosse, WI,  CP train 470 has a blue and yellow SD40-2 duo ( RCP&E 6437 and 6441) leading the consist elephant style on March 21st.

Sometimes the only thing you can do is jump out of the car and grab a photo. The train and I arrived at the same time and I only had time to jump out and take this photo as UP 5549 lead a eastbound CP through Zorra Ontario March 19 2016.

A few years between these locomotives as OSRX FP9u 6508 and CP ES44AC 8705 meet in Woodstock Ontario March 7, 2016.

Ron Visockis shot CP 8772 leading train #300 at Belleville ON, February 19th, 2016. 

Ron also shot the DPU on the tail end of the same train.

CP  470 had a pure blue and yellow  Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad  loco consist On March 11th, 2016, and Dennis Weber clicked RCP&E 6437-6441-6411 passing through scenic  Bangor, Wisconsin.  The Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad is a Class II railroad operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in the northern plains of the United States. Portions of the railroad also extend into Wyoming, and Nebraska. It is owned and operated by the shortline holding company Genesee & Wyoming.   G&W created the RCP&E using the western end of the Dakota Minnesota and Eastern (DME). which they purchased from the Canadian Pacific Railway back in 2014 for $210 million.  Most of the RCP&E employees came over from the DM&E.  Already several RCP&E locomotives have been repainted into the G&W family orange black and yellow paint scheme with RCP&E lettering.  However most remain in DM&E colours with RCP&E lettering like these.

Passing through the same location on March 11th, Dennis caught the Amtrak Empire Builder, with paired Amtrak P42DC's AMTK 81 and 13 on the point. 

On March 3rd, Dennis Weber caught KCS 4166 on CP train 471 at Lacrosse, WI The units are KCS 4166 and CP 8954.

A great example of present day CP motive power was shot by Chad Smith March 8th as CP T69 with GP20C-ECO 2222 and 2265 rolled  eastbound heading for Woodstock, ON. 

Seeing CSX on an ethanol train was a relatively new experience in 2011. Otherwise I don't know why I would drive all the way up to Ayr from Grimsby on a dull overcast day. Good thing too, as usual the train was behind time and it was nearly dusk by the time it reached my position just off of County Rd 58. Power on this #626 is SOO 6029, CSX 5468 and 5460.  March 18, 2011. Photo Arnold Mooney.

 At Madison,, IL Butch Getz shot this former Soo Line GP40 in here new Port Harbour Railroad colours on February 27th.  Respondek-owned PHRR GP40 8955 is ex-CP 4615, ex-SOO 2035, ex-MILW 2035, nee-MILW 1621. .

     

 

CP VIGNETTES

 

A beauty from Arnold Mooney from 1981. A eastbound CP freight rolls past the now gone Zorra Station with CP 4202 CP 5022 and CP 6700 March 21 1981.

 

 

Locomotive class G3h 4-6-2 CPR #2426 at Glen Yard in Montreal back in 1958, likely to soon lead a Commuter train from Windsor Station (Ian Wilson photo collection)

 

Canadian Pacific Railway's two big 4-8-4 Northern's (CPR 3100-3101) are over 80 years old and both are still with us today!

Otto Perry's trio of great photos of CPR 4-8-4 Northern 3100 shows her eastbound (The first two photos) at and departing from Montreal West Station track 2, towards Windsor Station. Note when shot in August 1942 she  still had no lettering yet!

Charlie De Jean added the third shot of CP 4-8-4 Northern 3100 (with Smoke deflectors added), was likely taken in the morning based on the sun's position, and these could be possibly a Saint Johns, NB. or Toronto over night train?

 

CP GP7 8411 sits at  the Toronto Diesel Shop in the late-1950's. 

In the mid-1960's CP leased several A-B-B-A sets of Union Pacific FA 1's for freight service. CP operated them as leaders, and In February, March and April 1964, Doug Hately photographed UP 1627, 1601 and 1624 in Toronto.

 

On September 14th, 1966 Doug Hately caught TH&B GP7 71 at Agincourt Yard, Toronto.  She was the first locomotive completed by GMD London. 

 Hope you enjoy this one!  Steve Morris submitted this view of MLW built CP C424 4239 (built in 1965) in the new CP Rail Multimark scheme. She was the very first unit to be painted in the new Action Red.  This photo was taken as she emerged from Angus Shops to begin a multi-week photo publicity tour across Canada.

 

 CP 4239, along with a second sister unit 4242 rushed through the paint shop, along with a select group of freight cars were displayed and photographed in various pre-selected locations including Montreal's Windsor Station, the Laurentian's, the north shore of Lake Superior and most famously at the Spiral Tunnels in B.C.. The results were used in brochures etc., displaying CP Rail's new image.  Several photo scenes ended up being enlarged to 20 x 24 or 24 x 30, then framed at the Company's internal Display Studio and hung in its offices around the world. The spit and polish disappeared as did her fame in later years as she became just another locomotive.  Sadly 4239 was scrapped in 1998.

Bill Grandin photographed CP Rail GP9 8802 in Winnipeg Manitoba on August 9th, 1982.

At my old haunt as a teen with my Dad, Bill clicked CP Rail SD40-2 6043 in Agincourt Yard moving to diesel shop in 1980.

 

CP Rail SD40 5506 at the Toronto Diesel shop in the late 1970's

On August 13th, 1982, My father (Bill Baird) shot grimy CP Rail SD40-2 5987 sitting at the Toronto Diesel Shop in CP's Agincourt Yard. My Dad loved roster shots, mainly because he had access to so many yards, and 99% of his print collection are these. I will have to scan them all one day!  This one was scanned by his friend Jim Parker with thanks!

 

Throttling up for the photographer John Young: CP RS18u 1862 at Trois Rivieres, QC in 1993.

 

CP Rail RS18 8789 on the Toronto diesel Shop tracks at Agincourt Yard in the 1970's.

 

 

CP's only surviving Bay Window Caboose is preserved in private hands south of Calgary, May 1, 2004.  CP only ever had three of these unique Vans.

 

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