Railroad Performance Measures   



Canadian Pacific
Weekly Performance Report

PLEASE NOTE: Effective October 30, 2008, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) acquired operational control of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation (DM&E) and its subsidiary Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (ICE). Effective week ending October 16th, 2009 (Week 41), DM&E data was consolidated into Total Cars Online. Effective week ending January 8th, 2010 (Week 01), Train Speed and Terminal Dwell were also consolidated.

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
1Q11 Dec 2011  01/06/12 01/13/12 01/20/12 01/27/12 
Revisions       
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 36,385 36,946  36,247 36,352 36,697 37,217 
Foreign RR 12,311 9,524  9,939 9,794 9,218 8,936 
Private 46,901 45,387  44,024 44,258 44,106 44,464 
Total 95,597 91,857  90,210 90,404 90,021 90,617 
Pct. Private 49.1 49.4  48.8 49.0 49.0 49.1 
By Car Type
Box 5,204 4,728  4,524 4,640 4,698 4,669 
Covered Hopper 43,329 43,681  42,541 42,640 42,419 42,905 
Gondola 5,696 5,038  4,986 4,867 4,741 4,817 
Intermodal 7,332 6,901  6,872 6,948 6,948 6,904 
Multilevel 4,280 3,234  3,846 3,579 3,178 3,017 
Open Hopper 7,489 7,470  7,596 7,448 7,413 7,541 
Tank 17,869 16,700  15,793 16,174 16,412 16,589 
Other 4,398 4,105  4,052 4,108 4,212 4,175 
Total 95,597 91,857  90,210 90,404 90,021 90,617 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 26.6 30.5  32.9 31.8 30.0 30.7 
Manifest 17.6 22.5  25.1 24.4 22.9 23.9 
Multilevel 28.5 29.4  33.2 30.8 31.1 29.9 
Coal Unit 19.7 21.1  21.6 22.6 21.5 21.1 
Grain Unit 17.4 23.5  25.2 24.2 22.6 21.9 
All Trains 19.8 24.3  26.3 26.0 24.5 25.0 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Calgary, AB 31.1 25.2  22.9 22.1 25.6 22.1 
Chicago, IL 26.5 23.6  19.0 19.0 22.1 23.0 
Milwaukee, WI 22.4 15.3  12.3 13.9 13.6 15.4 
Montreal, PQ 23.9 18.8  19.3 16.2 16.5 18.9 
Moose Jaw, SK 22.0 15.2  17.9 17.1 18.3 17.1 
St. Paul, MN 23.9 23.4  18.5 20.7 21.2 21.5 
Thunder Bay, ON 19.4 8.7  9.0 10.7 9.5 13.8 
Toronto, ON 47.9 32.0  25.9 29.6 32.2 29.1 
Vancouver, BC 22.4 17.0  13.0 13.9 14.8 14.0 
Winnipeg, MB 31.8 25.3  20.7 23.1 28.4 23.2 
Entire Railroad 23.7 18.3  15.8 16.0 18.1 17.3 
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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