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Last Train Out Of Town?

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With the fate of a significant portion of the rail line along Highway 2 in southern Manitoba about to be settled, I thought it a good time to question the relevance of what has been a part of our communities and our way of life for over 100 years. The value of this asset is
Country Crossroads

Lover’s Lane?

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It was once a bustling railroad that was owned by CP Rail The whistles blew As trains rattled through Hauling livestock, grain and mail. Then grass grew over abandoned tracks and became a walking path Trains no longer pay They’ve had their day Said the men who did the math. I walk that path most
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In Brief… – for Jan. 27, 2011

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Saudis to raise wheat reserves:Saudi Arabia plans to increase wheat reserves to one year from six months in around three years, the head of the grains authority said Jan. 16. The kingdom would increase grain storage capacity by 550,000 tonnes in four cities within three years to reach that goal, Waleed ElKheriji told reporters. Last
Cereals, News

Revenue Cap Accounting Questioned

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CN and CP won’t face penalties for exceeding their revenue caps in the crop year that ended July 31, even though farmers paid about $6 per tonne above those caps to ship their grain. The railways collectively were $5.4 million or 17 cents a tonne under the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) revenue cap of almost
Cereals, News

Bill To Protect Producer Car Sites

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Saskatchewan MP Ralph Goodale has introduced a private member’s bill that would require railways to give three years’ notice instead of 60 days to scrap a producer car siding. Bill C-586 would amend the Canada Transportation Act so that the process to discontinue a producer car siding is similar to abandoning rail lines. It received
Cereals, News

New Manitoba Shortlines In The Works – for Sep. 23, 2010

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Abanner year for Manitoba’s first farmer-owned railway is fuelling interest in two more. Leaders of two proposed locally owned Manitoba shortline railways said they are more optimistic than ever after visiting the Boundary Trails Railway Company (BTRC) operations and producer car loading facilities here last week. Harold Purkess, president of the River Hills Railroad (RHR)
Cereals, Crops

Farmers Demand Ottawa Review Rail Costs For Grain

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“The railways … don’t want competition and they don’t want regulation. You can’t have it both ways.” – IAN WISHART Western grain farmers are overpaying the railways by an estimated $200 million a year or $6.87 a tonne to haul their crops to export, according to a study prepared for the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB).
Country Crossroads

Economic Development Advantages Of A Short Line

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“There’s things that can come out of this that we can’t even foresee right now.” – KIM TAYLOR, REEVE OF THE RM OF PEMBINA Once there were elevators and brick factories here, but folks had all but given up hope of any commercial development returning to the tiny community of Darlingford. So six spanking new
Crops

CN Grain Revenue Over Cap: CTA

The Canadian Transportation Agency ruled Dec. 31 that Canadian National Railway (CN) earned too much money from hauling grain in the 2008-09 crop year and ordered it to hand over more than $700,000. Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), meanwhile, did not exceed the government’s grain revenue cap, the CTA said.CN’s grain revenue of $479,788,412 was $683,269,
Crops

Grain Moved At A Record Pace End Of Last Crop Year

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“I really do see this as a sustainable model and you’ll see more of it at CP.” – MURRAY HAMILTON The record pace of grain shipping the final half of the last crop year was no fluke according to Canada’s railways, even though some observers suspect the drop in other rail traffic due to the

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