In Elgin, an increase in freight trains has the potential to block all of the suburb’s downtown access points and hinder the ability of police, firefighters and other first responders to get to emergencies, Elgin Mayor Dave Kaptain told the Tribune. “Probably for shippers that’s going to have some positive benefits.” “You’ll now have the ability to run a rail car on a single railroad from points of Canada all the way into Mexico,” he said. Kansas City Southern and Canadian Pacific have little overlapping track, meaning the merger likely won’t be anti-competitive or lead to major job cuts, said David Clarke, former director of the Center for Transportation Research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. “A combined CPKC will connect North America through a unique rail network able to enhance competition, provide improved reliable rail service, take trucks off public roads and improve rail safety by expanding CP’s industry-leading safety practices.” “These benefits are unparalleled for our employees, rail customers, communities and the North American economy at a time when the supply chains of these three great nations have never needed it more,” President and CEO Keith Creel said in a statement. In its decision, the board said it “expects that this new single-line service will foster the growth of rail traffic, shifting approximately 64,000 truckloads annually from North America’s roads to rail, and will support investment in infrastructure, service quality, and safety.” It is also expected to add more than 800 union jobs in the U.S., and provide opportunities for Amtrak service, the board said.Ĭanadian Pacific executives also said the merger would create jobs and competition. It is requiring the new company to establish community liaisons in Chicago.Ĭanadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern could combine as soon as April 14. The board’s approval of the merger came with conditions, including some intended to protect Metra service and others intended to maintain commercial competition.
It has been studied until your eyeballs are falling out.”
“I am confident in saying this data cannot be studied any further. “People have said to us, hold off on the merger, study the data further,” he said. Asked if the board should consider additional study of safety concerns, Oberman dismissed the idea.
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