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Innovation Under Way as Railway Aims to Cut Costs

December 18, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian Pacific Railway in December became the first railway in Canada to operate intermodal freight trains with mid-train remote-control locomotives, the company said.

CPR Acquiring 600 High-Capacity Freight Cars For Lumber Shippers

July 17, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian Pacific Railway will acquire 600 high-capacity freight cars for lumber products shippers by mid-July, swelling its fleet for North America’s robust and service-sensitive lumber market by close to 30 per cent.

CPR Uses Vin Numbers To Boost Auto Shipment Efficiency

March 25, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian Pacific Railway is nearing completion of a $4.5-million, multi-year program to harmonize railway shipments of motor vehicles with manufacturers’ and dealers’ computerized inventory systems through the use of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) that appears beneath the windshield of every new car and light truck.

CPR Joins Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism

March 23, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian Pacific Railway on March 21 announced it has further strengthened its cross-border security by joining the U.S. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).

CN: Straight Ahead transportation vision statement fails to strengthen rails

February 25, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN today said Transport Minister David Collenette’s transportation vision for Canada misses an opportunity to further deregulate the nation’s world-leading rail transportation system.

CPR sells New Brunswick rail line to Canadian National

January 16, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian Pacific Railway announced today that it has sold its low-density railway spur line in northern New Brunswick to Canadian National Railway.

CPR Chief Says Canadian Economy Held Back By Policies Hamstring Rail Industry

December 12, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

A $2-billion private-public partnership between Canadian Pacific Railway and the federal government could take more than a million trucks a year off Highway 401 between Montreal and Toronto, and lay the foundation for high-speed intercity passenger rail service, the railway’s chief executive officer said here today.

CPR Introduced Service That Has Revolutionized Transportation

December 5, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Fifty years ago this month, Canadian Pacific Railway revolutionized North American transportation with the introduction of the intermodal freight system.