The Latest Breaking News from Canadian Pacific

Canadian railroads face potential shutdown due to labor dispute, impacting cross-border trade and supply chain.

Canada’s two largest railroads are starting to shut down their shipping networks as a labor dispute with the Teamsters union threatens to cause lockouts or strikes that would disrupt cross-border trade with the U.S. Both the Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National railroads have stopped taking certain shipments of…

Clean-up is expected to take beteen seven and 10 days

Two cars derailed, but no injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were released, a Canadian Pacific spokesperson said. The tracks were cleared in hours.

The news came as no shock, but was disappointing nonetheless to residents in Camanche, Iowa, who for months have vigorously fought a proposed merger of two of the nation’s largest railroads.

Metra, suburban mayors wary of more delays because of increase freight traffic in the Chicago area.

Federal regulators have approved the $31 billion merger of Kansas City Southern railroad with Canadian Pacific.

Some Chicago suburbs opposed the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern because of concerns about more traffic potentially causing some commuters to abandon the Metra rail network and drive instead.

“I think every mayor thinks the same thing: ‘What happens if that happens in my town?’” Elgin Mayor Dave Kaptain said.