Why Canadian Pacific is Merging with Kansas City Southern (CPKC)

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @NorthCountryTrains
    @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +9

    Subscribe for more high quality railroad content weekly!

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706
    @wayneantoniazzi2706 Рік тому +15

    Great report Harrison, watching it was time well-spent!
    I loved the images and especially the music toward the closing, and the commentary was first-rate!
    Well done!

  • @cprtrain
    @cprtrain Рік тому +17

    Unlike other mergers, this is an end to end merger. The merger links 3 nations. Vancouver's intermodal terminal is at least 18 hours closer to Asia that any US terminal meaning that CP can serve central N. America better than any other railroad. Traffic southbound between the Twin Cities and New Orleans will by-pass Chicago avoiding that bottleneck. CP needs to market its competitive advantage.

    • @kevindrobot389
      @kevindrobot389 24 дні тому

      Wrong! Prince Rupert to Asia is the shortest distance it’s 36 hours closer than Vancouver and 68 hours closer than LA and is the most modern yard.

  • @notch8c40
    @notch8c40 Рік тому +14

    First class 1 to operate in 3 countries. What a power move

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +6

      And still the smallest Class I. It’s truly a skeletal system.

    • @NSSignalGuy
      @NSSignalGuy Рік тому +2

      The track layout looks like a skeleton

  • @johnbeaulieu2404
    @johnbeaulieu2404 Рік тому +10

    You missed two important and profitable commodities, automobiles, and chemicals. There is a lot of Auto Assembly Plants along KCS de M in Mexico. There are also Chemical plants in Louisiana and Texas served by KCS. Both of these commodity types will move in manifest service.

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +2

      Both types fall into “bulk” in my mind, despite not always being unit trains. Thanks for the comment!

  • @milesjones6851
    @milesjones6851 5 місяців тому +1

    5:11 The paint is supposed to look like CP with KCS "Southern Belle" livery towards the rear.

  • @1990sRailfan
    @1990sRailfan Рік тому +8

    When I hired on the KCS in 1995, they were constantly talking merger. The D&H south of Albany has no online traffic, and the NS purchase was a good thing. Little KCS fun fact. I started my RR career on the KCS in 1995, working into KC. There was an old yardmaster named Richard working Knoche Yard. When we would enter the yard, most of the time we would have to cut our trains into segments and put it into multiple tracks. Called "doubling". Richard would tell us to do so, and he would want the "cut number"....the car numbers that went into the separate tracks, which would indicate what "cut" of cars went where. We would make our cut and call him on the radio. We would say, "I have the cut number, YOU GOT A PENCIL DICK"? (Richard) In a defeated low voice he would always respond...."yes".

  • @LoPhatKao
    @LoPhatKao Рік тому +10

    whatever the livery colors and design ends up being, i hope it has some legacy elements from both railroads to continue their heritage
    personally, i still miss the CP 'pacman'

  • @dannyking748
    @dannyking748 Рік тому +6

    It's not the 90s anymore and all the great fallen flag railroads are gone so interested to see how this goes.

  • @dennisenright7725
    @dennisenright7725 Рік тому +2

    I live near what was the MM&A tracks east of Montreal. The train that vaporized the town of Lac Megantic passed by a few hours before. Afterwords I saw a lot of work being done on the track and there are now far more trains passing by than there used to be. Can you tell me if CP has acquired that line?

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +1

      Yes, CP(KC) owns the former MM&A. Traffic on that line was up to 3-4 daily trains, it’s now back down to 2 daily trains. A good bit of intermodal traffic going to Saint John.

    • @dennisenright7725
      @dennisenright7725 Рік тому +1

      I can't see the tracks from my place but a friend has farmland on both sides of the track. He told me that MMA hauled tank cars almost exclusively but that the CP trains have far more of other cars as well

    • @andrerenault
      @andrerenault 10 місяців тому

      It was acquired by CMQ after MMA, then CP(KC) picked it up from CMQ, 25ish years after they originally sold it

  • @stupidpdj
    @stupidpdj 18 днів тому

    I like how you mixed shots of trains with the narrative.

  • @brianfalzon6739
    @brianfalzon6739 Рік тому +2

    What will become of the mainline steam excursion train operations on Class 1 Railroads, Cabooses, F Units and OCS Trains in the future?

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +2

      The wonderful CP OCS should remain with possibly some additions from the KCS train.

    • @brianfalzon6739
      @brianfalzon6739 Рік тому +1

      @@NorthCountryTrains Well then what about mainline steam excursion operations? What will become of it then?

    • @NSSignalGuy
      @NSSignalGuy Рік тому +1

      They will still do that I assume

    • @brianfalzon6739
      @brianfalzon6739 Рік тому +1

      @@NSSignalGuy Hope so too, especially the return of 2816!

  • @paulflak2823
    @paulflak2823 8 місяців тому +2

    The 2816 a steam excursion train level Edmonton ab on Mar 16, destination Mexico city then returning. So keep your ears on the rails for the distinct sound of the 2816 steam whistle.

  • @christopherslater7365
    @christopherslater7365 11 місяців тому

    Where is the CP 1800 locomotive train and its passenger cars kept. The video of the train going past Westport, NY, in the video was very enjoyable to see.

  • @butlerjctsewirr5511
    @butlerjctsewirr5511 Рік тому +2

    Great synopsis ! Also for those interested have activated a broadcastify railroad radio feed for southeast Wisconsin on 4/23 Which covers Cpkc , Wsor , Up and Cn . Listed under Southeast Wisconsin Railroads.

  • @doubleutubefan5
    @doubleutubefan5 Рік тому +2

    In the video he says we all know what happened to the WC but I do not know what happened to the WC. What happened to Wisconsin Central? What way should I know?

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +2

      My apologies- Canadian National acquired the WC (as I showed a CN train)

    • @doubleutubefan5
      @doubleutubefan5 Рік тому +1

      @@NorthCountryTrains oh! Thank you for the information

  • @RC1-0-1
    @RC1-0-1 Рік тому +31

    I prefer “Canadian Southern” as the new name.

    • @InadButters
      @InadButters Рік тому +2

      That sounds like some Norfolk Southern but Canadian type crap that's like saying Southern Pacific but like Canadian Southern instead of Pacific

    • @Strasburg_Railfaner611
      @Strasburg_Railfaner611 Рік тому +4

      Canadian city southern is better

    • @southtexastrainfan6690
      @southtexastrainfan6690 Рік тому +1

      @@Strasburg_Railfaner611fax

    • @SoldierFox1393
      @SoldierFox1393 Рік тому +2

      I wish CP would be its own thing, instead of doing this stupid bs..

    • @WAL_DC-6B
      @WAL_DC-6B Рік тому +2

      Canadian Pacific & Southern?

  • @wjsj69
    @wjsj69 Рік тому +3

    It seems like the more "mergers" that happen, = more opportunity for short lines to pick up traffic that the class 1's don't think are profitable anymore. Good! Short lines provide better service and are usually better to work for from what I hear.

  • @RandomNonsense1985
    @RandomNonsense1985 Рік тому

    That footage of the old D&H locomotive looks like it’s from the old base in Plattsburgh, specifically the spur line that goes between Arizona and Idaho Avenues.

  • @jarrietfair6373
    @jarrietfair6373 Рік тому +2

    So who's #1 CPKC OR UP?

  • @GR-Kevin
    @GR-Kevin Рік тому +1

    odd question, but what is the outro music at the end of the video? it's very calming

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +1

      Natural Light by Chris Haugen, it’s in the UA-cam audio library for creators.

  • @Bus285Productions-l1x
    @Bus285Productions-l1x Рік тому +2

    Idk how the government allowed two huge railroads to merge into one mega railroad.

  • @harrisonofcolorado8886
    @harrisonofcolorado8886 Рік тому +24

    I ever tell you about the time my buddy Keith became CEO of a railroad and he made that railroad merge with another railroad to create a new railroad? He rose up in ranks to head the Canadian Pacific and at one point he decided that merging small railroads creates some opportunity, so he decided to make a deal with Kansas City Southern to merge. At one point, Canadian National tried to buy out KCS, but that was blocked, and then the CPR that Keith ran merged with the KCS. Oh man, there were a lot of sad or angry foamers when the two railroads merged! At first it was funny, then it became sad, but then it became funny again.

    • @wrrail
      @wrrail Рік тому +2

      sure bud

    • @GeorgiaRoadHD
      @GeorgiaRoadHD Рік тому +1

      Bro he does not know u like wtf??

    • @ellis7099
      @ellis7099 Рік тому +2

      This one time, my buddy Keith started up a historic tour, on account of his mom took him to Colonial Williamsburg, and it's like a license to print money at them places. Now you might ask yourself how an honest attempt to recreate the majesty of Colonial times turned into raccoon fights at five bucks a pop in Keith's backyard, ha-ha. Man, the answer to that particular question is that Keith is sharing a place with his two brothers and them being assholes who wouldn't let them do it anywhere but the backyard; well, add that to Keith didn't technically have any, y'know, history to put on display, but he did have a whole family of raccoons living in the chassis of an old car and you'd begin to understand.

    • @smokelesschoice165
      @smokelesschoice165 Рік тому +5

      KCS employees will soon realize that they would have been better off merging with CN. They have no idea what they have gotten themselves into and what's coming with regards to partnering with CP. There will soon be cuts, firings and resignations. The work environment will become an angry one with morale going down the drain on the KCS side.
      CP CEO Keith Creel was a protege of Hunter Harrison for 20 years on how to run a railroad. Look up Harrison's track record (no pun intended) on what he has done to railroad companies in his wake and the horror stories behind them. The man was a "top choice" for shareholders -- not for employees. And look up what happened to CP since Harrison managed it and then gave the company over to Creel.

    • @asquithmainlines699
      @asquithmainlines699 Рік тому +1

      CN tried to buy KCS but in the end CP did buy out KCS. Not sure I would call it a merger though. What did KCS give CP as part of the “ merger”?

  • @frostbyte3978
    @frostbyte3978 Рік тому +1

    Since CPKC happened i wonder what's gonna happen to the panama canal railway.....

  • @JosephMusgrove
    @JosephMusgrove Рік тому +9

    Kind of have mixed feelings. From a business perspective, this looks like a good fit. However, I hate to see two historic railroads lose their unique identity.
    The railroads could have put a little more thought into the name of the merged systems.

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +2

      I agree. Definitely has “CSX” or “BNSF” vibes.

    • @devernepersonal3636
      @devernepersonal3636 Рік тому +4

      @@NorthCountryTrains BNSF is a real name despite them making the acronym technically official. it rolls off the tongue. It stands for Burlington Northern Santa Fe. respecting both the railroads that created it. not close sharing CSX vibe.

    • @JosephMusgrove
      @JosephMusgrove Рік тому +2

      @@devernepersonal3636 Not big on the name or orange color scheme, but agree at least you know what the BNSF lettering stands for. Board members must have had a martini or two when coming up with the CSX name!

    • @glenbard657
      @glenbard657 Рік тому +1

      @@devernepersonal3636 CSX came from (C)hessie System and (S)eaboard System.

    • @glenbard657
      @glenbard657 Рік тому +1

      @@JosephMusgrove (C)hessie System, (S)eaboard System.

  • @NSSignalGuy
    @NSSignalGuy Рік тому +4

    I literally have BNSF, Union Pacific, CPKC, and CN within 15 miles from my house. Now Illinois will officially have every major railroad in it

    • @trains2057
      @trains2057 4 місяці тому

      Illinois has always had everything dude.

  • @RailFanRob
    @RailFanRob Рік тому +1

    Great information and footage man!! Not sure if this merger is a thing but it is part of history though...

  • @Holidaykills
    @Holidaykills Рік тому +2

    Change is coming quick,kieth creep,I mean creel is a direct underboss to Hunter Harrasment I mean Harrison They have surely already brought down their reign of terror on thousands of KCS RR families firing and laying off by the thousands cutting to the bone calling it persistent or precision railroading through Harrasment and intimidation. I feel for the KCS RR families.

    • @ZoMTDU
      @ZoMTDU 9 місяців тому

      Yea in a week ive seen 5 different KCS crews get bumped for their spot

  • @TonyVRailfanning
    @TonyVRailfanning Рік тому +1

    This is not a merger, CP took over completely and agreed to keep the “KC” in the logo to appease shareholders and the board of KCS prior to the deal being approved. CP management takes over full control and all KCS staff are being moved into new or similar positions under the CPKC ownership.

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +3

      That’s correct, but “merger” is the term they are using so that is what I am calling it.

  • @ShellShock1967
    @ShellShock1967 Рік тому +1

    So does this mean KCS will finally be elevated to a Class 1 railroad status via the merger with CP rail? Now there would officially be 5 Class 1 rail companies in the U.S.

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +5

      KCS and CP have both always been Class Is. The merger makes them a single Class I, one of 6 total.

  • @railfanmaximstill7279
    @railfanmaximstill7279 Рік тому +1

    I believe CPKC is now the largest railroad network in the world
    They overtook BNSF for that title

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +2

      CPKC is still the smallest Class 1 railroad… takes a 5 second google search to learn that…

    • @ZoMTDU
      @ZoMTDU 9 місяців тому

      Union Pacific my dude

  • @EntertainmentWorldz
    @EntertainmentWorldz Рік тому

    great train vidoe bro

  • @paulflak2823
    @paulflak2823 8 місяців тому +2

    The moved puts CPKS in direct competition with major trucking companies now that they can load fresh produce in Mexico onto refrigerated cans. With no interchanging bring it into Canadian cities faster in winter then any truck driver could ever hope to do in the bulk that a single train does. Also gives migrants a easy way to get into Canada.

  • @Blaze06
    @Blaze06 Рік тому +5

    I hope they are being real on 2816

  • @joyousfive
    @joyousfive Рік тому +1

    Swell film 👀❤. Good update on the merge . MY Mother's father ( my Grandfather ) worked for the C.P.R. as a conductor during the 1930's to 1958 , he would be happy about the merge as well !! . So Long from Canada - 4/30/23 🤠

  • @iannarita9816
    @iannarita9816 Рік тому +3

    Has anyone thought about Canadian wheat to Mexico? KCS has bought a large number of covered grain hoppers over the last few decades. I don't think they were getting the utilization that would have made them pay. Now CP has someplace to move grain that is a single line movement. And no direct competition.

  • @jeffjones4729
    @jeffjones4729 Рік тому +1

    I live less than a mile from the tracks. More than 30 long trains every day night. When a derailment happens, chances are high, and poisons south Kansas City, there will be no recourse.

  • @Chuck59ish
    @Chuck59ish Рік тому +2

    So theoretically I can now take a train from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Mexico City Mexico or from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to Mexico City, Mexico. CPKCS should bring back a passenger service, they'd still be cheaper than what the airlines charge, Saint John isn't serviced by VIA Rail and I can remember taking the CP overnight train from Saint John to Boston 58 years ago. Container trains form Saint John, NB to Mexico City would be faster than shipping to a Gulf of Mexico port.

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +2

      YOU can’t take the train, but you can ship via all of those routes. Who knows, maybe someday a privately-operated company will offer passenger service from Canada to Mexico, although I doubt it.

  • @mdavid1955
    @mdavid1955 Рік тому

    I live in Baton Rouge La....Haven't seen any CP power yet.

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +1

      CP power will likely stay north for most jobs due to having Canadian-required features. However, run through trains like the new intermodal service are likely to have mixed power.

  • @josephderkowski7157
    @josephderkowski7157 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video

  • @detroitdieselseries5071
    @detroitdieselseries5071 Рік тому +1

    It was hunter Harrison who sold the D&H south of Albany

  • @nathanielcruz6675
    @nathanielcruz6675 Рік тому +3

    I got this feeling that this merger will end up like the Penn Central.

    • @Interestingenough4
      @Interestingenough4 Рік тому +3

      Doubtful. The New York Central and Pennsylvania were both in serious trouble years before they merged into the debacle that was Penn Central. The merger was a pure desperation move, and on top of that it added little new territory since the two railroads covered the same markets. Plus, the two railroads had been bitter rivals for so long that many of the employees and leaders didn't get along. Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern were both healthy railroads without any bitter animosity towards one another, many customers supported it, and the merger was literally end-to-end. CPKC is still the smallest Class I railroad in North America, if I'm not mistaken.

    • @NSSignalGuy
      @NSSignalGuy Рік тому +2

      They have more money than CN but they have less track than CN

  • @colinthepanamerican
    @colinthepanamerican 11 місяців тому

    5:27 That is a very fouled Nathan K5HL on that CP ES44AC right there

  • @محمودمسعداامزين
    @محمودمسعداامزين 6 місяців тому

    I have been working in the railway field for 7 years and I am looking for work with you

  • @NSSignalGuy
    @NSSignalGuy Рік тому +1

    Kcs has access to Chicago now

  • @brabblemaster401
    @brabblemaster401 Рік тому +1

    DM&E isnt a crude oil train. There is no crude production anywhere along the tracy or waseca branch. Its ethanol and crops basically. With fertilizer going back west in the winter/spring

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому

      Where does the crude oil come from, if you know?

    • @brabblemaster401
      @brabblemaster401 Рік тому

      @@NorthCountryTrains There's no crude on the old DM&E line as there no production areas or large metro areas in southern MN on the Waseca or Tracy branch. The rest of the line from Tracy MN west was sold to RCPE in 2014 and the Hartland branch from Waseca to Mason City IA is torn up except about 2 miles of storage just south of waseca. Its basically just Ag products serving the many facilities along the line or Ethanol coming from 3 ethanol plants in southern MN.
      There's Oil trains that run along the old IC&E line from the Twin Cities to Lacrosse MN, which I just looked up that it was purchased with the DM&E line. That line connects with the line coming threw North Dakota into the cities and splits in Lacrosse to southern Wisconsin or down the Mississippi River area. That oil comes from Canada or the Bakken field in North Dakota.
      I believe DM&E was bought because they connected to many Class I railroads at the time and that DM&E was trying to tap into the Powder river coal basin, but that failed due to lack of funds and CP never pursued it further. Honestly im glad as the amount of trains and length that would run east per day would make getting around in Waseca nearly impossible.

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +2

      @@brabblemaster401 Ah- I forget the IC&E was a different railroad sometimes

  • @MidnightVisions
    @MidnightVisions Рік тому +1

    Don't forget KC also ran the railroad at the Panama Canal.

  • @MrMASSEYJONES
    @MrMASSEYJONES Рік тому

    What we don’t see, when a CPKC train is led by a single locomotive, is that here’s another one mid-train; easing the drawbar load on the train. In rare cases, there’s a pusher as well.
    So, unlike in the US, CPKC doesn’t put 4 or 5 locos on the point.

  • @mccoy79productions66
    @mccoy79productions66 Рік тому +1

    new sub, good video

  • @Bob.W.
    @Bob.W. Рік тому +1

    As a lot of your video shows manifests make up a large part of CPKC traffic. Containers are a much smaller part.

  • @carlfalt174
    @carlfalt174 Рік тому +6

    Your going to see a lot of oil trains going south as CP started looking at KCS after Keystone was canceled and they had to move crude out of Hardisty so buying a railroad that services downtown Houston made sense.

  • @mjrodriguez8670
    @mjrodriguez8670 Рік тому +6

    It would be great to see CP units in Louisiana and KCS units in Saskatchewan!

    • @t-bonejones3576
      @t-bonejones3576 Рік тому +2

      A few weeks ago I saw a KCS loco in Revelstoke BC.
      My buddy lives in Louisiana and has the CN line go by his house. Now they will see CP locos close too

  • @smokelesschoice165
    @smokelesschoice165 Рік тому +6

    The KCS employees are going to be in for the shock of their lives once they see what kind of railroad they partnered with. There's going to be cuts, firings and resignations from KCS employees once CP's operations kick in. Work morale will go down. And don't forget about scores of derailments as well that will most likely transpire.
    CP CEO Keith Creel was Hunter Harrison's protege for 20 years - his underling. During that time while he was bouncing up and down on Harrison's knee, Creel learned all of the ways and tactics in how to supposedly run a railroad. So after Hunter Harrison passed away, good riddance, Creel became more or less "Hunter Harrison 2: The Continuation". Look up Hunter Harrison and what he has done to railroads that he managed and the horror stories contained therein. Especially look up here on UA-cam what Hunter Harrison did to CP after he took it over.
    As for a new possible livery or paintscheme after this merger? I don't think that's going to happen. If anything, Creel will just remove the "Golden Beaver Logo, remove CP's full name from its locomotives/rolling stock and just put "CPKC" on the equipment. That will be all. Don't expect anything fancy. If they are to do any kind of "liveries" just use the KCS paintscheme instead with no more than a couple tweaks. That one is umpteen times better and more superior than CP's dull paintscheme.

    • @asquithmainlines699
      @asquithmainlines699 Рік тому +1

      I am thinking in a few years the “KC” will fade away much like the BC Rail has faded since CN purchased it.

    • @smokelesschoice165
      @smokelesschoice165 Рік тому +1

      @@asquithmainlines699 Exactly. CN purchased BC Rail but didn't paint over their paintscheme. The company just let the livery remain, same with Wisconsin Central Railroad. Costs money to paint over every single rolling stock you buy so to cut corners in costs you just paint over a few if any at all and call it a day.

    • @garthmcgibbon4285
      @garthmcgibbon4285 Рік тому +1

      Yah boy!

  • @Steve-xf4uv
    @Steve-xf4uv Рік тому +3

    Anxious to see how this plays out. Will all locomotives be red now ? What about a logo ?

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +2

      Immediately after releasing the video the logo and branding was unveiled. It’s essentially all modern CP colors and graphics with the new CPKC name. I’m afraid red is likely to be the color…

    • @Crazeejay
      @Crazeejay Рік тому

      Don't hold your breath on everything getting a new paintjob. That costs money!

    • @NSSignalGuy
      @NSSignalGuy Рік тому

      They should make it look like when Union Pacific would paint a heritage unit. Though it would not be a heritage for anything

  • @elijahwilliams4110
    @elijahwilliams4110 11 місяців тому +1

    UPCN Is Union Pacific Canada National

  • @Cnw8701
    @Cnw8701 Рік тому +1

    Money?

  • @MrMASSEYJONES
    @MrMASSEYJONES 10 місяців тому

    You don't seem to get it.
    CPKC's business was never in Eastern Canada., that was always CN territory.
    So, the railroad moved its headquarters to Calgary (where I live), and there are 2-mile unit and manifest trains through the Canadian Rockies, about every hour or so, in either direction.
    It wasn't the case of KCS merging with CP, but the other way around; there was a fierce battle as to whether CN would be the winner in the merging battle.
    Very little changed: KCS will continue as before, except that it is now merged with the more stable and experienced Canadian Pacific Railway: and it's an advantage for everyone; the US operation will always be run by US crews.
    The only difference now, is that there is no more interchange between CP, KCS and its subsidiaries, all the way from Canada to Mexico; more specifically from Western Canada.

    • @ZoMTDU
      @ZoMTDU 9 місяців тому

      That said, the KCS guys that deliver cars to our switching yard all say the same thing, CP doesn't know how to run a railroad. They are trying to enforce new rules and regulations that simply dont work here in the US

  • @Holidaykills
    @Holidaykills Рік тому +1

    CPKCS can now bring trains from Mexico to Canada avoiding Chicago. Listen even when the CN and up team up to compete for the Mexico market they will have to haul threw Chicago.

  • @brfts2001
    @brfts2001 Рік тому +15

    KCS was the last of the Class 1's that had the best paint scheme and independent spirit. Class 1's are dead to me as of today. I hope they all merge into one at this point.

    • @Crazeejay
      @Crazeejay Рік тому +1

      lol

    • @ensorgaming905
      @ensorgaming905 Рік тому +1

      True

    • @NSSignalGuy
      @NSSignalGuy Рік тому +1

      No no that would destroy the economy

    • @NSSignalGuy
      @NSSignalGuy Рік тому +1

      The paint scheme for CPKC better look like a heritage locomotive Union Pacific would paint

    • @frankierailfan4014
      @frankierailfan4014 Рік тому

      UP is my fav railroad but I do have to agree with you, except for them all merging

  • @charlessharrardiii7086
    @charlessharrardiii7086 Рік тому +1

    I bet lots of executives are let go cuz of duplication. Lots of $ to be saved right away.

  • @t-bonejones3576
    @t-bonejones3576 Рік тому +2

    I'd rename the whole company something like Canusamex. First 3 letters of each of the 3 countries now served.
    CPKC kinda sucks due to tradition and lack of imagination. It does not really reflect the international aspect

  • @redbarnz
    @redbarnz Рік тому +1

    Seems like CP wanted to become a true North American player. UP and BNSF don't have the Canadian real estate. They've been bold, we'll see if it pays off.

  • @bobjohnson1587
    @bobjohnson1587 Рік тому +3

    Personally, I don't care what CP does so long as I keep getting my monthly CP pension! lol

  • @bobblundell2281
    @bobblundell2281 Рік тому +3

    You mentioned about CP buying and selling lines south of the boarder in the 80's and 90's , at this time CP and CN were having lines shut down in Quebec by the first nations and the prospect of Quebec separating from Canada , so both railroads were looking south for uninterrupted access to the east coast , also at this time CP was majority owned by offshore owners who i believed didn't understand North American railroading. CP sold off or leased out the lines that didn't bring in the revenue that was expected, CP and CN are slowly starting to reaquire these small branches ,CN today who missed out on KCS deal is still looking at further expansion into the US , (CSX, NS,} ?

  • @sigmanfloyd7179
    @sigmanfloyd7179 Рік тому +1

    ~ Oh and you close the video with a CPR mixed manifest, how ironic. 😅

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +2

      It’s all I see here in northern New York, besides the ethanol trains which I already felt I used too much. Ironically, the day after I published this video, I traveled to Montreal where I observed several monster CP(KC) stack trains.

  • @kevinhoward9593
    @kevinhoward9593 Рік тому +2

    I like the name Canadian Southern Railway better myself. so here's a corny joke. Would engines in the KCS paint scheme be considered heritage units? lol.

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +2

      As with ex-ATSF warbonnets, not officially, but definitely a cool catch. CS would be a great name!

    • @NSSignalGuy
      @NSSignalGuy Рік тому +1

      I should see if I can find some kcs engines

  • @cooltrainsinmontreal4883
    @cooltrainsinmontreal4883 Рік тому +1

    CpKC...The Route of the Barbeque Beaver

  • @photorailfan
    @photorailfan Рік тому +1

    Mothercanuckers!!! CP tried to merge with NS and CSX with a guy with a bad track record. Hope this merger works out.

  • @bgmcc907
    @bgmcc907 Рік тому

    Where’s Rob Leachman when you need him?

  • @railfan9428
    @railfan9428 Рік тому +1

    RIP KCS

  • @KendallTNRailfans15
    @KendallTNRailfans15 Рік тому +1

    CP was a good railroad

  • @MapleManYT
    @MapleManYT Рік тому

    COMMENT CANADIAN CITY SOUTHERN BELOW 👇 IF YOU AGREE WITH THE RENAME OF CANADIAN CITY SOUTHERN

  • @2stick724
    @2stick724 5 місяців тому

    Railways should be called--World Lease

  • @caseyvanboxtel2279
    @caseyvanboxtel2279 5 місяців тому

    Couldn't
    Pick
    Kool
    Colors

  • @kevindrobot389
    @kevindrobot389 24 дні тому

    I’m 5 years the KC will be dropped and it will be back to CPR.

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover Рік тому +1

    queer there being no French written anywhere along that red track evaluation consist

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +1

      CP is not nearly as “bilingual” as CN

    • @trainrover
      @trainrover Рік тому

      :brrrRrr: doubting this fuckingly cleptoparasitic conglomerate'll ever care to herald any trilinguality either...

  • @jasonmitchell7849
    @jasonmitchell7849 Рік тому +2

    Is sucks that CP has to stick there damn nose in other US RR and KCS shouldn't allow CP to merge.

    • @northlander4370
      @northlander4370 Рік тому +2

      Canadian Pacific bought KCS for 31 billion dollars ...it wasnt a merger , it was a purchase , if a larger company has the money to buy all your stock you have no choice , KCs is a small railway compared to Canadian Pacific . Large companies buy smaller one every day ! ..btw it's "their ' not "there" .

    • @NSSignalGuy
      @NSSignalGuy Рік тому +1

      They want to be bigger. That’s the point. It’s not going to destroy the economy

    • @jasonmitchell7849
      @jasonmitchell7849 Рік тому

      Regardless who has the money the damn canadians shouldn't be stick there nose in American RR's and should stay in Canada where they belong. BTW who's the dumb idiot that let CP and CN RR' in America? Who ever did needs to have there head examined. If it was up to me I wouldn't let it happen the cause more foreign RR's buy American RR's the less American RR's there's going to be.

    • @WAL_DC-6B
      @WAL_DC-6B Рік тому +1

      It was the CP that provided the money to build the Soo Line Railroad in the U.S. from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan back in the late 1800s.

  • @chessiecat619
    @chessiecat619 Рік тому +1

    Money only reason

    • @WAL_DC-6B
      @WAL_DC-6B Рік тому +1

      Well yes, that's the case for most businesses.

  • @rajukhanlaghari9814
    @rajukhanlaghari9814 Рік тому

    😁😁😁😀😀😄😄😄😃😃😊😋☺😚😚😚😙😗😗😗😗🤗🤗😑🙄🙄🙄🤐🤐🙄😮😲😲😲😲😲😨😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

  • @sigmanfloyd7179
    @sigmanfloyd7179 Рік тому +2

    ~ You sound a bit disgruntled.

    • @NorthCountryTrains
      @NorthCountryTrains  Рік тому +1

      Just tired at the time I made this, with no time to re-record due to the time sensitive nature of the video!

  • @0fficialdregs
    @0fficialdregs Рік тому

    and KCS is no longer my only favorite railroad in the usa. smh typical

  • @thelastdefenderofcamelot5623
    @thelastdefenderofcamelot5623 Рік тому +4

    CPKFC.