Railroad Performance Measures   



Canadian Pacific
Weekly Performance Report

PLEASE NOTE: Train speed calculation for the time period May 23-31, 2012 excludes trains staged in terminals and sidings > 72 hours, due to work stoppage by the TCRC Union that resulted in a complete shutdown of CP Canadian Operations.

All seven railroads use the same definitions to calculate their performance data,ensuring a high degree of consistency of the measurements. However, these measures are most useful for examining trends and relative changes, and least useful as absolutes.

The level of one railroad’s performance relative to another’s may differ sharply because each railroad is unique. Differences between railroads include terrain, physical routes and network design, traffic mix and volume, the extent of passenger operations, and operational practices. External factors such as weather and port operations can also cause variations between railroads and over time.In addition,individual differences in the collection and reporting of operational data may affect the absolute level of the measures on each road to some degree.
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 Historical Average Week Ending
2Q12 Apr 2013  04/19/13 04/26/13 05/03/13 05/10/13 
Revisions       
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 37,397 31,284  31,068 31,358 31,783 31,549 
Foreign RR 9,314 8,901  8,928 8,704 8,521 8,915 
Private 44,615 43,184  43,315 43,127 42,580 42,559 
Total 91,326 83,369  83,311 83,189 82,884 83,023 
Pct. Private 48.9 51.8  52.0 51.8 51.4 51.3 
By Car Type
Box 4,219 4,031  3,992 4,105 4,290 4,267 
Covered Hopper 43,104 37,483  37,238 38,019 38,094 38,274 
Gondola 4,681 4,249  4,247 4,129 4,042 4,016 
Intermodal 6,701 5,868  5,860 5,811 5,802 5,799 
Multilevel 3,710 3,672  3,767 3,504 3,169 3,340 
Open Hopper 8,072 7,580  7,854 7,450 7,346 7,313 
Tank 16,974 17,254  17,167 16,969 16,846 16,593 
Other 3,865 3,232  3,186 3,202 3,295 3,421 
Total 91,326 83,369  83,311 83,189 82,884 83,023 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 29.2 30.4  29.8 29.4 30.4 29.4 
Manifest 23.2 23.3  23.1 23.8 23.7 23.5 
Multilevel 29.6 24.5  24.7 25.4 24.1 24.9 
Coal Unit 21.6 22.2  22.7 22.7 22.0 21.2 
Grain Unit 21.1 23.2  23.1 23.4 23.2 23.0 
All Trains 23.7 24.5  24.2 24.8 24.6 24.2 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Calgary, AB 25.3 13.2  14.8 14.4 14.2 13.1 
Chicago, IL 21.5 16.5  15.5 16.0 17.6 18.3 
Milwaukee, WI 16.0 15.2  16.2 14.0 16.3 19.0 
Montreal, PQ 19.0 17.1  16.3 18.8 21.8 21.6 
Moose Jaw, SK 16.0 17.4  16.0 19.4 18.8 18.5 
St. Paul, MN 21.9 19.6  17.5 21.5 18.8 17.7 
Thunder Bay, ON 8.7 16.8  15.1 13.5 12.8 12.9 
Toronto, ON 31.8 16.4  16.1 20.4 17.0 19.9 
Vancouver, BC 17.4 13.3  15.9 12.4 14.2 15.5 
Winnipeg, MB 22.8 19.8  20.3 19.2 18.7 22.9 
Entire Railroad 18.0 15.4  15.4 15.3 15.6 16.0 
When reviewing the above data, please refer to the specific definitions by this carrier to understand the measurements being provided.
R = Revised Figure(s) reported for this week 
- = Not Available
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